Advisory speedSpain
Traffic rules
Spain
1. Advisory speed
An advisory speed is a recommended speed for a particular road section or hazard rather than a legally imposed maximum speed. It may be shown near bends, junctions, steep gradients, roadworks or other locations where a lower speed can help drivers negotiate the road safely.
Drivers should treat an advisory speed as guidance for safe driving conditions and should travel even more slowly when weather, visibility, traffic or road conditions require it. A separate legally binding speed limit must still be obeyed.
What does Spain’s blue advisory-speed sign recommend?
It advises against exceeding the displayed speed in km/h, even when weather, road and traffic conditions are favourable. Official wording is Velocidad máxima aconsejada. If placed beneath a danger warning, it concerns the section where that hazard exists.
🔗 boe.es • Spain: 2025 sign catalogue S-7 to S-10; binding speed rules in Regulation articles 45-52
🔗 boe.es • Spain: official sign catalogue, Royal Decree 465/2025
Advisory speed limit.
English • Traffic sign S-7 • Recommended maximum speed. Recommends a speed in km/h that should not be exceeded even in favourable weather, environmental and traffic conditions. If placed below a danger warning sign, the recommendation applies over the section where the danger persists.
Español • S-7 • Velocidad máxima aconsejada. Recomienda una velocidad de circulación, en kilómetros por hora, que se aconseja no sobrepasar aunque las condiciones meteorológicas y ambientales de la vía y de la circulación sean favorables. Cuando está colocada bajo una señal de advertencia de peligro, la recomendación se refiere al tramo en que dicho peligro subsista.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Boe.es • Reglamento General de Circulación • anexo I • catálogo vigente
🔗 Boe.es • Real Decreto 465/2025 • S-7 • página 74
SVG source: Roman Tworkowski • Public domain • Original revision 2025-11-30. Wikimedia original unmodified.
End of the advisory speed limit.
English • Traffic sign S-8 • End of recommended maximum speed. Marks the end of a section where travelling at the indicated speed in km/h is recommended.
Español • S-8 • Fin de velocidad máxima aconsejada. Indica el final de un tramo en el que se recomienda circular a la velocidad, en kilómetros por hora, indicada en la señal.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Boe.es • Reglamento General de Circulación • anexo I • catálogo vigente
🔗 Boe.es • Real Decreto 465/2025 • S-8 • página 74
SVG source: Yopaseopor • Public domain • Original revision 2026-01-11. Wikimedia original unmodified.
Does Spain’s recommended speed range impose a compulsory minimum?
No. The sign named Intervalo aconsejado de velocidades recommends travelling between the indicated figures in favourable conditions. It is different from a compulsory minimum-speed sign. Conditions can require a speed below the recommended range.
🔗 boe.es • Spain: 2025 sign catalogue S-7 to S-10; binding speed rules in Regulation articles 45-52
🔗 boe.es • Spain: official sign catalogue, Royal Decree 465/2025
Does the end of a Spanish speed recommendation remove the legal maximum?
No. The relevant end sign cancels the advised maximum or advised range, not a separate regulatory restriction. Continue to obey the applicable legal maximum and drive more slowly if safety requires it.
🔗 boe.es • Spain: 2025 sign catalogue S-7 to S-10; binding speed rules in Regulation articles 45-52
🔗 boe.es • Spain: official sign catalogue, Royal Decree 465/2025
