11.2 1° (b), reads âanders dan door wegmarkeringenâ, which means âby other means than white markingsâ, i.e. when there is a physical barrier (such as on motorways).
The second case is where there are only white markings, and no physical barrier between the 2 directions.
Please keep in mind that in Flanders the maxspeed outside villages is 70, while in Brussels and Wallonia this is 90. (e.g on roads with 2x1 lane).
Hope this helps. Feel free to ask more questions in order to improve your nice app.
This is actually less about the app this time and more to support OSM routers and to find a conclusive tagging scheme for unsigned speed limits. But yeah, inspired by the development on the app.
What seems a bit weird is that HGV may drive 90 km/h outside built-up areas (in Wallonia and Brussels) as long as their weight is below 7.5t and then suddenly above 7.5t, only 60 km/h. ⊠while buses may only go 75 km/h independent on the weight.
Did I miss something?
probably, but since you need a special driver license to drive a combination with MTM higher than 3.5t, I guess most car + caravan are below that. A car + small trailer (typically under 750kg) can also do 120.
AFAIK, this is also true for France.
Unlike in Germany where caravans(or with any trailer behind your car) can only do 80 unless car+caravan gets a special inspection. Then they can do 100.
Most likely a large van + trailer is above 3.5t MTM and can only do 90.
If you are old enough (from 1967 or older), you can get a free BE driver license which allows you to drive car/van + caravan (maybe trailer) whose combined MTM is above 3.5t. If you are younger, you need to pass a special exam.
Hmm right, the law I was looking at was from 1975. But I do not see any newer one. Do I have to go through every single âamendmentâ to find out how the current law looks like??
Okay, I control-effed my way through 21 years of amendments to the code of law, searching for modifications of Article 11.
Indeed, there were three modifications throughout the time:
1997: increased max speed for motorcycles of class B by 5 km/h to 45 km/h
2007: lower speed limits now apply for lorries above 3.5t instead of above 7.5t
2018: coaches with seatbelts for all passengers may go up to 100 km/h
.oO(Sheesh, how long will it take legislators to use version control systems instead of an endless stream of paper documents with each lengthy âI, the king Albert decree thatâŠâ boilerplate and long-winded explanations what sentences in what articles have exactly been changed)
Anyway, after finding this out, I realised that these changes have already been incorporated in the Article 11 document, so yeah, I confirmed that the linked source has the most current information.
Also, giving it a second look, the 100 km/h limit for coaches on motorways and other dual carriageways is already in the table on the Default speed limits page. Sooo, this was all pretty much a waste of time.
Coming back to the topic,
we still need a source for the claim that cars+trailers may go 120 on the motorway. The law text is
The wegcode / code de la route site keeps what we call a âconsolidated versionâ of the text, so with all the proper edits to give the current state.
In an attempt to aid you, Iâll go from the dutch version to english:
The âtrain de vehiculesâ in dutch becomes âslepenâ and I peeked at the definitions given in the first chapters:
Which (and Iâll try and do this literally):
âeach group of vehicules linked to eachother, with the aim of moving them through the same forceâ
So basically a vehicule + whatever it can push/pull/move (letâs assume the majority is âpullingâ).
So the translation should equal to:
Or in short: the 100 km/h option for busses/motorcars only applies when the seats have seatbelts, speed limiter to 100 km/h, and itâs marked as a speedway, not just a 2x2 with a fysical seperation between both driving directions.