Has the Speed Limit on Shandong Expressway Been Cancelled?
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Shandong Expressway has not cancelled the speed limit, but has abolished unreasonable speed limits. Concept: Speed limit refers to the necessary speed restrictions imposed on various electromechanical equipment and manual operations to maintain normal, stable, safe, and reliable production order and activity processes. The main purpose is to pre-warn drivers to reasonably control their speed in the subsequent sections of the road ahead and to prevent the dangers of speeding. Speed limits are an indispensable and most important part of road transport safety. Speed Limit Conventions: The relevant regulations are the "Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China," and the authoritative work is the "Technical Standards for Highway Engineering." The reality is that the overall traffic safety awareness of the public still needs improvement. Actual speed limits are absolutely based on legal documents, referenced against traffic works, and flexibly adjusted according to real-world conditions.
As a long-distance truck driver who frequently travels on Shandong's highways, I've heard rumors about speed limits being abolished. However, in practice, I found this wasn't a complete removal. After 2018, many redundant speed limit signs were removed on certain sections, like parts of the Qingyin Expressway where the maximum speed limit was increased from 110 to 120 km/h. But special zones like tunnels and sharp curves still maintain limits of 80-100 km/h, and there are actually more average speed cameras now. My navigation system frequently alerts me to speed monitoring zones, making it impossible to speed recklessly. The current reasonable speed limit settings actually make driving smoother, but I'd remind new drivers not to misinterpret this as permission for unlimited speeding—speeding tickets will still be issued if you exceed the limits.
As a regular customer at the car modification shop, I specifically asked the technicians about this during a casual chat. They all said that Shandong Expressway hasn't abolished speed limits but has optimized the settings. Previously, there were some tricky sections where the speed limit dropped sharply from 120 to 80 within a hundred meters, but now these cliff-like speed limit signs have mostly been removed. Last week, I drove on the Jiqing South Line and noticed that the speed limit for truck lanes was clearly marked at 100, while the car lanes were at 120, with much clearer signage compared to two years ago. However, two people in the car modification group still got speeding tickets, mainly caught by the newly installed section speed control on the Binlai Expressway. It's recommended to install a radar detector and keep your mobile navigation updated with Shandong's data.