Do speed limits mean like you cant go over that certain speed or you can drive around the speed number?
2007-11-14 07:56:40 · 7 answers · asked by fabulous4life 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
A speed limit is exactly that, a maximum limit.
It is not (as a lot of people treat it) a target.
If you are driving in a 60 mph zone, you may come to a bend that is too tight to take at the "maximum" speed limit.
You should always drive at an appropriate speed for the conditions and road you are on.
The speed limit is the absolute maximum speed you can drive if conditions and road permit it.
Hope that helps
Danny
2007-11-14 08:11:48 · answer #1 · answered by Danny 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Traffic engineers, who set speed limits take various factors into consideration, including the geographic location, cross traffic, anticipated traffic volumes, road surface and banks, type of businesses and housing adjacent, and then, determint the MA AXIMUM safe speed, under PERFECT conditions. (Usually meaning daylight hours in clear, dry weather)
It means that they consider ANY faster to be an unsafe speed. And, it's not just the safety of the driver, but that of other drivers, pedestrians and property along that stretch of the road.
Given that, then, the laws are written so that a driver can, technically issue a ticket to a driver going, even ONE mile per hour over the limit. They usually don't, but they CAN. In fact, in most states, an officer can issue a speeding ticket even if the driver is NOT going over the posted speed limit. For example, at night, in bad weather, in a construction zone, etc. Even the speed limit may be dangerously fast under these, and other conditions.
So, speed "limits" mean exactly that. It is a maximum limit.
2007-11-14 09:38:03 · answer #2 · answered by Vince M 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Speed limit means that is the highest speed you can go in this area, you can be stopped if you are driving at any speed higher than that speed posted.
2007-11-14 08:04:33 · answer #3 · answered by Settelbanat 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
speed limits are posted because the posted speed is the safest speed for the enviornment based on residential, traffic congestion, ect. in most case the police will always give a 10 mph window and even 15-20 mph window if on the interstate. in most states your local police and sheriffs dept are not even allowed by state law to write you a ticket unless the speed is over 10 mph because they only undergo 8 hours of speed training. however the state troopers go through 40 hours so they can legally write you for 1 mph over. but still they usually always cut you a break. the exception is in school and work zones. local police can write you in those areas for even 1 mph over. just remember that the posted number is always the safest.
2007-11-14 08:10:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Limit" means "limit". If you exceed the posted "limit", you're speeding and will get a richly-deserved ticket, which will cause your insurance rates to go up, and also possibly jeopardize your license. Don't ever assume that the police will give you 10% grace (i.e. 66 in a sixty mph zone, 55 in a fifty. 44 in a forty, etc.), since that is simply not true. Good luck!
2007-11-14 08:08:00 · answer #5 · answered by Kiffin # 1 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
This mathematical loophole is probably why many speed limit signs read "maximum speed."
Vince, I like your idealism.
2007-11-14 10:00:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
That is the highest limit you should be driving.
2007-11-14 08:04:25 · answer #7 · answered by Dreamweaver back for more 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋