I live on the outskirts of Wiesbaden. To be honest, my village is about 4.5 km beyond the city limits.
You have to exit the city on a two-lane road....crossing this imaginary line of a wooded area, agricultural fields, and a thick forest....to reach a plateau, and the village lies half-a-km beyond the plateau....resting in a valley. We are in the simplest term....a suburb of Wiesbaden.
So there is this speed limit issue.
On a B-class road, the speed limit is typically 100 kph. Well....unless they put up signs and say there are 'extra' hazards.
About 300 meters into this exit....appears the first sign to note 90 kph is max. About a km after that is three signs on one post. Top sign? 90 kph. Middle sign is 70 kph. And the bottom sign is a sign to say 1900 to 0600.
So the way you interpret this.....in 6 AM to 7 PM, you can drive 90 kph, but as you get to 7:01 PM....it's 70 kph, because of the fair amount of deer in the region.
Then a km after that....you have two turn-offs, and a speed sign to say 50 kph. After you pass the two turn-offs, then you have another 70 kph....for about 300 meters, then you have another 90/70/1900 to 0600 sign post.
It is distracting and if you don't pay attention....you are in the violation of the law.
Well...my son came out one night at 8 PM....not paying attention to time situation, and the cops had set up a mobile speed camera....so he got 'blitzed' (84 in a 70 kph.....meaning a 40 Euro fine).
It is a odd thing.......you not only have to pay attention to speeds, but you have to track your time, and how it matches to the right speed limit.
If you brought this up with most locals? I doubt that they even notice the 90/70 sign and if you asked about the time deal.....it'd only be confusion about why you need two speeds.
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