Spain, France and presumably others have readily recognised, consistent out of town speed limits on their equivalent of A roads. There might be exceptions such as on bends but its generally one single carriageway speed limit once you leave the built up area,
Far better than our illogical and random set of 40/50/60 limits that change every few miles with little or bush-hidden repeat signage. It’s particularly confusing if it’s a new area. In France and Spain you just need to look at the road and you know the limit.
That used to be the case but unfortunately not any more. France has gone random speed-limit crazy.
The cause is the reduction of the two-way road speed limit from 90 kph to 80 kph and the subsequent campaign to restore it to 90 kph. The government finally gave in, but in typical bureaucratic fashion, left it up to local department administrations to make the decision to revert to 90 kph to avoid getting the blame if restoring the limit resulted in more accidents.
So it depends which department you are driving in as to whether the speed limit is 80, 90 or some other arbitrary random limit.
There are more complicated rules regarding whether the road has a central divider or not, and what constitutes a divider, leading to the ridiculous situation where different limits can apply depending on which direction you are driving.
https://www.french-property.com/news/travel_france/relaxation_80kph_speed_limit/
( note to admin , I have no connection to this website but have quoted it as their guides to France are clear, up to date and authoritative.)
Edited by focussed on 26/06/2020 at 08:24
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