60 km/h speed limit sign
What the 60 km/h speed limit sign means: You must not drive faster than 60 km/h from this sign until the limit changes.
- Group
- Speed limit signs
- Does this group carry the law
- Enforceable. The number is a maximum for good conditions.
- In the sign deck
- 3 questions ask about this sign
What to do when you see it
- Keep to 60 km/h or less until the next speed sign.
- Leave a following gap of at least two seconds, and more in rain or at night.
- Expect side streets, driveways and bus stops, because 60 zones usually run through built up areas rather than around them.
Where you see it
On suburban arterials and main roads through towns, on the approaches to city fringes, and on some undivided rural roads near settlements.
Across the states and territories
Used the same way nationally. In the Northern Territory 60 km/h is more likely to be the general urban limit than a step up from it, so a 60 sign there does not carry the same meaning about the kind of road you are on.
Tell it apart from these
- 60 km/h speed limitthis page50 km/h speed limit
The two most common urban numbers, and the change between them is often signed once and not repeated, so a missed sign is easy.
50 km/h speed limit: You must not drive faster than 50 km/h, which is also the default limit in built up areas without signs.
- 60 km/h speed limitthis page80 km/h speed limit
Eighty marks the point where the multi lane keep left rule starts to apply above it, which 60 does not.
80 km/h speed limit: You must not drive faster than 80 km/h from this sign until the limit changes.
How the knowledge tests use it
Stopping distance questions are usually set at 60 km/h, because it is the speed most people drive at in traffic.
What does this sign mean?
The red ring makes this a legal limit that applies to every vehicle on that length of road unless a separate sign sets a lower limit for a class of vehicle.
Australian Road Rules rule 20, obeying the speed limit
Common questions
- What does the 60 km/h speed limit sign mean?
- You must not drive faster than 60 km/h from this sign until the limit changes.
- What should you do when you see a 60 km/h speed limit sign?
- Keep to 60 km/h or less until the next speed sign. Leave a following gap of at least two seconds, and more in rain or at night. Expect side streets, driveways and bus stops, because 60 zones usually run through built up areas rather than around them.
- Where is the 60 km/h speed limit sign used?
- On suburban arterials and main roads through towns, on the approaches to city fringes, and on some undivided rural roads near settlements.
- What is the 60 km/h speed limit sign confused with?
- 50 km/h speed limit: The two most common urban numbers, and the change between them is often signed once and not repeated, so a missed sign is easy. 80 km/h speed limit: Eighty marks the point where the multi lane keep left rule starts to apply above it, which 60 does not.
- How do the knowledge tests ask about the 60 km/h speed limit sign?
- Stopping distance questions are usually set at 60 km/h, because it is the speed most people drive at in traffic.
Try it in a question
Original practice questions, not the official bank. How we write and check them.
More speed limit signs
A number in a red circle on a white plate.