Be honest whose first response was 60km/h? The correct answer is 50km/h. The default speed limit in a built up area in Queensland is 50km/h unless signed otherwise.
So if you were travelling at 60km/h you would have earned yourself the Blue Light Special of $146 and one demerit point!
The key words in the question were ‘built up area’. So what is the definition of a built up area? It is a local street that has access to private property and/or limited neighbourhood movement. Some industrial and commercial areas also have local streets.
Roads that carry traffic through suburbs and across towns are called traffic carrying roads and have a speed limit of 60km/h or higher. The speed limit on these streets will be clearly signed. Not all built area streets have a sign so this means if there is no sign the speed limit is 50km/h.
Content courtesy of Department of Transport and Main Roads, Queensland