10 mph Speed Limit Sign in Manchester

Business park roads in Cheadle and south Manchester

Take a business park outside Cheadle with a loop road serving a dozen office buildings. Staff walk from the car parks to their buildings, couriers race between receptions, and the gym on the corner has members crossing in shorts. A 10 mph roundel at the park entrance, then again after each junction, gives the managing agent a clear rule to point to.

The long straight problem

The mistake is putting a low limit on a long, wide, empty road and signing it once. Drivers judge the right speed by the road, not the sign. If the loop road has a long straight, repeat the roundel along it, and consider whether a ramp or a narrowing would help more. A limit that matches the layout is the one that gets kept. On private land the landowner sets the limit and decides how to manage it.

Size and board

At the entrance, read from a car moving at road speed, A1 is right (about 24 metres away). A2 suits repeater signs along the road. Dibond is the long-term choice on posts; 5mm Foamex is stiff and flat for a covered car park; 3.5mm Correx for temporary works, such as a resurfacing diversion.

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