Speed limits by country

Highest-posted speed limits around the world. Kilometres per hour are on the left and miles per hour on the right. (One or other is rounded in each case.)

A road speed limit is the limit of speed allowed by law for road vehicles, usually the maximum speed allowed. Occasionally, there is a minimum speed limit.[1] Speed limits are commonly set by the legislative bodies of national or local governments.

Overview

The following tables show various jurisdictions' default speed limits (where applicable) that apply to different types of vehicles travelling on three different types of road. Actual speed limits may range beyond these values. Speeds are listed in kilometers per hour. The enforcement tolerance is specified in km/h or percentage above the stated limit. For the United Kingdom and the United States, the speed limit listed in miles per hour.[fn 1] Germany, with its Autobahns, is the only country without a general speed limit on its highways.[2] The Isle of Man is the only jurisdiction without a general speed limit on rural two-lane roads.

Countries

Country Within towns Automobiles & motorcycles (single carriageway) Automobiles & motorcycles Expressways/motorways (dual carriageway) Trucks, or automobiles with trailer Trucks, or automobiles with trailer, outside built-up areas/highways Enforcement tolerance
Åland (Finland)5070–90
Albania[3][4] 4080–9011060–7080
Argentina40–70[fn 2]80–110120–130 (100 in Buenos Aires City)80110
Armenia40–6090909090Up to 10 km/h over the limit
Aruba5080
Andorra[5]5090N/A
Australia 50 for un-signed residential roads and some built up areas. 60 for major roads. 70 and 80 km/h limits are occasionally used for major arterial roads which have more than one lane in each direction.[fn 3]Generally 80-110 km/h depending on the conditions for that road. In remote parts of Australia, such as outback Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia, 110-130 km/h speed limits are used.

For learner drivers and probationary drivers in certain states, speed limits between 80 km/h and 100 km/h apply as a maximum along all roads where the posted limit is equal or higher.

 100–11080–100 trucks and road trains only80–110[fn 4]in Victoria 3 km/h strictly enforced by fixed speed camera and at the discretion of Victoria Police

7 km/h over in Western Australia

Generally 10% over speed limit in other states, but a ticket will be given for less when detected by fixed speed camera. However, new laws may see the drivers issued with a ticket for exceeding 2 km/h over the posted speed limit. Heavy penalties apply for speeding in Australia.

Austria50 (30 in many residential areas)100130 (motorways)
100 (expressways)[fn 5] 140 on one stretch near Vienna. "https://www.iol.co.za/motoring/industry-news/is-140kmh-ideal-austria-tests-higher-speed-limit-163554662		70–100[fn 6]80–100[fn 7]
Azerbaijan60 (20 in residential areas)9012010 km/h tolerance set by law.
Azores508010080
Bahamas[6]32 (20 mph)80 (50 mph)
Bahrain[7]6080120[8]
Belarus6090110 ( 90)7090Up to 10 km/h over the limit
Belgium:
  Flanders		50 (30 in many residential areas)70Motorways: 120, expressways: 120 (70 if no central reservation)60–70906 km/h tolerance under 100 km/h, 6% over 100 km/h
Belgium:
  Wallonia
  Brussels		50 (30 in many residential areas)90Motorways: 120, expressways: 120 (90 if no central reservation)60–90906 km/h tolerance under 100 km/h, 6% over 100 km/h
Belize40–64 (25–40 mph)88 (55 mph)N/A
Benin [9]509090
Bhutan[10][11]8–20 (30 km/h fastest speed limit in an urban area.)50 km/h50 km/h
Bosnia and Herzegovina 5080130 (motorways)
100 (expressways)		80
Brazil40–6060–8080–12080 (90 for buses)80–1007 km/h when speed limit ≤ 100 km/h and 7% when speed limit > 100 km/h.
Brunei50801008080
Bulgaria5090 ( 80)140[fn 8][fn 9] ( 100)70100Speed cameras have 10 km/h tolerance.
Cambodia60–809012080100
Cameroon [12]60100100
Canada 30–8060–10070–120 (43–75 mph).[13]60–10070–120 130 Proposed[14]20% to 40% unofficially (depends on police officer, province, type of road). Speed limits are more strictly enforced in school zones and construction zones where road workers are present. Tickets can be given from 1 km/h above the speed limit.
People's Republic of China 30–6060–80100–120 (motorcycles not allowed on toll sections of expressways)N/AN/A
Chile5080–100100–120100 (90 for trucks)100
Christmas Island40N/AN/AN/A90
Colombia30–6080–9090–1006090
Costa Rica4040-6080–90-100 (100 only on the 27 route)6060when the police used radar 3% tolerance under 100 km/h, 3 km/h over 100 km/h; but the law only permit ticktes when speed is over 20 km/h on limit speed
Côte d'Ivoire[9]5580–120 (130 in some exceptions)90 (buses), 75 (heavy goods)
Croatia 5090130 (motorways)
110 (expressways)		8080Up to 100 km/h tolerance is 10 km/h, while above 100 km/h it is 10%
Cuba [15]40/50 (special suburban areas where children can play); 60 (other urban areas)60100
Curaçao408080
Cyprus50801008010020% unofficially (depends on police officer). Tickets can be given from 1 km/h more than speed limit
Czech Republic5090130 (motorways)
110 (expressways)
80 (urban areas)		80803 km/h under 100 km/h, 3% over 100 km/h[16]
Denmark[17]5080110-130 (motorways)
80–90 (expressways)		8080 (90 for buses)
Dominican Republic [18]608080–100
Ecuador[19]5060–10060–10040–70 (50–90 for buses)90
Egypt [20]6090100 (120 on the Ayn Sukhna road)
Estonia50–70 (20 in many residential areas)90110 (90 in winter) 90906 km/h even with fixed cameras.
Ethiopia [21]30–5060–100100
Faroe Islands (Denmark)5080
Fiji [22]20–30 (in school and industrial areas), 50 (in towns, cities or densely populated areas)80
Finland5080–100[fn 10]100–120[fn 10]808010 km/h in all cases; fixed speed cameras activate at 6 km/h and a notification is sent by mail with no consequences up to 10 km/h over the limit.

Beyond 20 km/h the fine is based on net income with no upper limit.

France50 (30 in many residential areas)80 since 1 July 2018, 90 previously; 90 when central reservation exists[23]
(80 in rain)		Expressways: 110 (100 in rain).

Motorways: 130 (110 in rain).

 60[fn 11]-11080[fn 12]-1305 km/h tolerance under 100 km/h, 5% over 100 km/h
Georgia60–80 (on embankments in Tbilisi 70, Tbilisi airport highway and Vera-Vake highway – 809011015 km/h since 2012. Advisory screens showing your current speed on Highway S1/E60
Germany 50 (30 in many residential areas)One lane per direction: 100.

Two or more lanes per direction: no speed limit / 130 advisory.[24]
No speed limit (130 advisory)[fn 13]		80 (trucks) / 100 (automobiles with trailer and buses)80Up to 100 km/h: 3 km/h, over 100 km/h: 3% (rounded up) for fixed speed cameras.
Up to 100 km/h: 7 km/h, over 100 km/h: 7% (rounded up) for moving speed cameras.
Gibraltar (UK)30–50
Greece5090 ( 70)130 ( 80)80 (school buses 60)80 (school buses 60)20 km/h above the speed limit, unofficially. However, it can depend on traffic officer, type of road and type of vehicle.
Greenland (Denmark)5080
Guernsey40 (25 mph)56 (35 mph)N/AN/A56 (35 mph)
Guyana5080100
Hong Kong [fn 14]5050–70[fn 15]50–110[fn 16]70[fn 17]30–70[fn 18]
Hungary5090110 (expressways)
130 (motorways)		7080 (express buses 100)~10% if stopped, cameras: 14 km/h up to 100 km/h, 19 km/h over 100 km/h
Iceland5090 (80 on gravel)90[fn 19]8080Up to 3 km/h over the limit
India50–708080–120[25][26]6550
Indonesia40–5060–80100 ( Prohibited)8080
Iran5070–11070–120 (motorcycles prohibited on any free way with 120 limit)70–11070–110under 60 limit up to 30 km/h above up to 20 fixed cameras have no tolerance
Ireland50 (normal built-up)
30–60 (special limits)		80–100[fn 20]120 (80–100*[fn 20])80–9080–100
Isle of Man48 (30 mph)No Speed LimitN/AN/ANo speed limit
Israel5080–90110–(120 at road 6)809010 km/h
Italy50 (30 in many residential areas)70–90Expressways: 110 (90 in adverse weather).
Motorways: 130 (110 in adverse weather)[fn 21]		70805 km/h tolerance under 100 km/h, 5% over 100 km/h [27]
Jamaica [28]508080–110
Japan 4050–60
70–80 (single carriageway expressways)		80–110[29]
120 proposed		8080Threshold for speed camera is set at minimum of 40 km/h above speed limit on expressway and minimum 30 km/h above limit on other streets.

Police enforcement varies depending on jurisdiction, officers, traffic flow and types of street, but 20 km/h above speed limit on expressway and 15 km/h above limit is tolerated on other streets.[30] Some jurisdictions, such as Tokyo Metropolitan Police, releases the list of traffic enforcement locations on their websites.[31]

Jersey48 (30 mph)64 (40 mph)N/AN/A64 (40 mph)
Kazakhstan60/80/10090–100110
Kuwait60–8080–120100–12070–100120Up to 20–25 km/h over the limit is tolerated on highways
Kyrgyzstan [32]20 (residential areas), 60 (other built-up areas)60–9090–1107090-70
Laos5080–110100–1209010010 km/h
Latvia5090

80 – gravel roads

 90 (1 Dec — 1 Mar)

110 (1 Mar — 1 Dec)

 8080–90Up to 20 km/h over the limit is tolerated on highways
Lebanon50100
Liberia [33]25 mph35 - 45 mph ( 40 mph)
Liechtenstein508080
Lithuania5090 – Asphalt/Concrete roads
70 – Other roads		120/110* – motor roads (expressways)
130/110* – motorways (*summer/winter period)[fn 22]		70–80–9090Speed cameras have 7–13 km/h tolerance. No fine (warning) issued 0–9 which makes 9–19 km/h depending on situation.
Luxembourg5090130 (110 in rain)9075-903 km/h for cameras
Libya50[34]?130[35]??
Macau20–6050–8060–90N/AN/A10 km/h,
Macedonia70 in bigger roads (50 in many residential areas)80–100130100 N/A5 km/h (usually 10km/h)
Malawi [36][37]50–6080–10010080
Malaysia50–7080–90 (80 km/h speed limit on federal and state roads during festive seasons)11050–7080–9010% over the speed limit[38]
Mali [39]40–60100100
Malta25–4560–8060
Mauritius [40]4080110
Moldova609090
Morocco60 (40 in many residential areas)100120N/A10010% (max 7 km/h)
Monaco50
Mongolia6070–110130
Montenegro5080
Mexico30–70 (19–43 mph)80–120 (50–75 mph)[fn 23]100–120 (62–75 mph)95 (60 mph)
Namibia6080/120120
Micronesia [41]8–32 (5–20 mph)32 (20 mph)N/A
Nepal60N/AN/AN/A110
Netherlands50 (30 in many residential areas)80 (60 on many small country roads)


100 (single carriageway expressways)

130 (motorways, 120 or lower on many stretches)


100 (dual carriageway expressways)

80–90[fn 24]803 km/h for up to 100 km/h measured, 3% of the measured speed otherwise, plus a correction of 3 km/h.[42] From 1 January 2012, the correction for speeds over 130 km/h has been abolished in favour of the 3% rule (resulting in fines being issued from 136 km/h).[43][fn 25]
New Caledonia30–60 (usually: 50 km/h)60–110110
New Zealand30–60 (usually 50)80–100 (usually 100)100–110[44]80–9080–904 km/h (school zones and holiday periods) or 10 km/h (otherwise) when enforced by police. Speed cameras have no tolerance.
Niue4060N/A
Nigeria4080120
Norfolk Island30–40N/AN/AN/A50
North Korea70 (third lane), 60 (second lane), 40 (first lane)up to 100up to 100
Norway50 (30 in many residential areas)80–9090–110[45]80, 60 without brakes on trailer80Speed cameras have a 5 km/h tolerance.
Police generally apply a tolerance of 5–10 km/h, but up to 20–25 km/h on motorways when driving conditions are favorable.
Panama[46]25–30100100–120100
Papua New Guinea [47]6075
Pakistan40–7060–100120 (motorways)

100 (expressways)

 70–80110 (90 buses)Motorway Police allows up to 10 km/h exceed in legal speed to lighter vehicles only.
Peru60 (on avenues)
40 (on streets)
30 (near schools and hospitals)		100 (on paved highways in rural areas)80 (urban areas)
100 (rural areas)		90 (buses)
80 (for trucks)
70 (for school buses and dangerous goods)		70–100 (paved highways)
60 (unpaved roads)		Speed cameras are widely used in Lima and have no tolerance. On national paved roads in rural areas speeding is very common (up to 110 km/h) and speed limits are seldom enforced. Police offices can give fines at their own discretion.
Philippines40–6020–6060–10040–8040–60Trucks/buses are only allowed to reach 80 km/h at expressways.
Poland50
60 during night between 23–5[fn 26]

can be restricted to 30 in selected zones with a speed limit zone sign or 20 with a living street sign
can be increased up to 80 on main transit routes (only for cars)		90 (single carriageways)
100 (dual carriageways)		100 (single carriageway expressways)
120 (dual carriageway expressways)
140 (motorways)		708010 km/h
Portugal5090–10012070–80100
Qatar[48]60–100100–120120
Romania50
70 (some DN stretches)		90
100 (E-roads)		130[fn 27] (motorways)
100 (expressways)		80
90 (E-roads)		90 (expressways)
110 (motorways)		10 km/h
Russia60 (can be increased by regional government up to 110), 20 in residential areas and close to schools, hospitals and unregulated pedestrian crossings (without traffic light)[49]90 (can be increased by regional government up to 110)[49]110 (can be increased by regional government up to 130)70–909020 km/h (since 1 September 2013)
Samoa24 (15 mph)40 (25 mph) in almost every road outside town.

(72 km/h or 45 mph is the fastest speed limit in the whole country.)

San Marino5070
Serbia50 (40 in many residential areas)80130 (motorways)
100 (expressways)		7080 (car) 90/100 (truck)10% above the speed limit. However, it can depend on traffic officer.
Singapore5070–9090606010 km/h (non-expressways), up to 20 km/h (expressways)
Slovakia[50]509090 (urban expressways and motorways)


130 (other expressways and motorways)

90900 km/h but up to 6 km/h for no fee and speaking with policeman[51]
Slovenia50 (30 in many residential areas)90130 (motorways)
110 (expressways)		80807 km/h up to 100 km/h, 8 km/h between 100 and 150 km/h and 9 km/h above 150 km/h
Saudi Arabia40–90100–140140 (Mecca-Medina, Medina-Jeddah, Riyadh-Taif, Riyadh-Gassim, Riyadh-Dammam highway.)

All other motorways are limited to 120 km/h

 60100 for Passenger Buses, 80 for Trucks10% above the speed limit.

Exception: If the speed limit is 140 km/h, 5% above the speed limit is only tolerable

Somalia40–6550–90110–120 (freeways prohibited)40–8080–1009 km/h
South Africa[52]401001206060–80Up to 10km/h over, at the officer's discretion. Fines can be issued from 1 km/h over the speed limit.[53]
South Korea (Republic of Korea)30–8060–8080–120 ( prohibited)40–608010 km/h over, reduced penalties less than 20 km/h over. 22 km/h tolerance with speed cameras on expressways with a speed limit of 100 km/h or higher.
Spain50 (30 in many residential areas)90–100[fn 28]120 (from 1 July 2011)70–80[fn 29]80–90[fn 30]
Sri Lanka50 (31 mph)70 (43 mph)70–100 (43–62 mph) (when 100 in expressways: prohibited)40 (25 mph) (TukTuk)40–70 (25–43 mph)
Sudan6070–90120
Suriname40–508080none80
Sweden30–60[fn 31]60–100[fn 31](110)110–120[fn 31]80 (90 km/h for trucks without a connected trailer and only on motorways/dual carriageways) 90 & 100 for buses80No tolerance on any road; massive use of speed cameras

new 120 km/h limit is now enforced[fn 32]

Switzerland50 (30 in many residential areas)
20 in home zones		80
100 (expressways)		100 (expressways)
120 (motorways)		8080Up to 100 km/h: 5 km/h, 101 to 150 km/h: 6 km/h, over 150 km/h: 7 km/h for fixed speed cameras.
Up to 100 km/h: 3 km/h, 101 to 150 km/h: 4 km/h, over 150 km/h: 5 km/h for laser speed cameras.
Taiwan (Republic of China)40–6050–80100–110 (freeways prohibited)60–8080–909 km/h
Tanzania6080–100110100N/A9 km/h over the speed limit
ThailandLegal limit: 80
Actual limit:50-60[54]		Bangkok Metropolitan & Pattaya City & Other municipalities: 80
Others: 90[55][56]		Outside built-up areas and intercity highways: 90[56]
120 motorway ( prohibited)[57]		Truck
Bangkok Metropolitan & Pattaya City: 60
Others: 80
Long Vehicle
Bangkok Metropolitan & Pattaya City: 45
Others: 60		Truck
Ordinary road:80
Motorway: 100
Long vehicle
Ordinary road: 60
Motorway: 80		No tolerance on any road when speed cameras are in operation.
Trinidad and Tobago508010065
Tunisia50 (70 on urban fast traffic roads)90110
Turkey[fn 33]5090 ( 80 if L3)120 (motorways) ( 100 if L3)
110 (dual carriageways) ( 90 if L3)		 8090 (motorways)
85 (dual carriageway)		10% over the limit, except for motorways which have zero tolerance
Turkmenistan[58][59]6090110
Uganda [60]30 (close to schools and hospitals), 40 (other streets in the cities), 50 (city roads connecting the main highways and motorways) [61]8080–100
Ukraine[fn 34]50[62] 90 ( 80)110 (dual carriageway)


130 (motorway)
( 80)

70–908020 km/h
United Arab Emirates50–60100–120100–16050–80100–140 ( 80). Temporary speed cameras can be expected in any roads and most do not have tolerance.
United Kingdom48 (30 mph)[fn 35]97 (60 mph)[fn 35]113 (70 mph)[fn 36]80–97 (50-60 mph) dependent on class (64–97 (40-60 mph) in Scotland)[fn 37]97–113 (60–70 mph)[fn 37] dependent on class (motorways).


97–113 (60–70 mph) (80–113 (50–70 mph) in Scotland, ditto (dual-carriageways)

The National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) suggests police forces do not prosecute until drivers exceed a margin of error of 10 per cent of the speed limit to take into account driver concentration, plus 2mph for speedometer error. [63]
United States[fn 1] 40–120 (25–75 mph)72–120 (45–75 mph)[fn 38]97–129 (60–80 mph)[fn 39] 137 (85 mph) is allowed on one highway in Texas[fn 40] Restrictions only in few states, typically 16 km/h (10 mph) lower89–129 (55–80 mph)[fn 39]States have jurisdiction over speed limits. Enforcement varies, from warning (e.g., Nebraska) to fines to jail (e.g., Wyoming above 100 mph). Typically, ~5 mph over in speed limit zones 50 mph and under and ~10 mph in zones 55 mph and over (highway speeds) Usually up to 5 mph over.; can be as little as 1 mph.[64]
Uruguay [65]5075–9090–110none
Uzbekistan701001007090/80
Vanuatu [66]usually up to 60 km/h (50 in Luganville [67])60–80N/AN/AN/A
Vatican30
Venezuela[fn 41]15–3080–120N/A40–6060–120
Vietnam60 ( 50)80 ( 60)90–120 ( 70)70705 km/h
Zimbabwe6080–12080–1208060–80

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 Signs are posted in mph. Until recently, speed limit signs on a stretch of Interstate 19 in southern Arizona were the only ones based on the metric system. As part of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the federal government funded a project where the state of Arizona replaced the km/h signs on that stretch with miles-based speed limit signs.
  2. ↑ "Speed limit in Av. Libertador and Av. Figueroa Alcorta". 31 August 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  3. ↑ Default speed limits in Australia vary between states and territories. See Speed limits in Australia for more details.
  4. ↑ No special limit applies for automobiles with trailers. A 100 km/h speed limit applies for heavy vehicles with a gross vehicle mass of 12 tonnes or more. A 100 km/h limit applies for buses with a gross vehicle mass of 5 tonnes or more. In some Australian states, Road Trains are limited to 90 km/h. In some cases, over steep descents or other potentially dangerous stretches of road, heavy vehicles may have other special speed limits as indicated by signage.
  5. ↑ A provisional increase to 160 km/h was in place on a 12 km stretch on the A10 (between Spittal an der Drau and Paternion) in May and June 2006. The 160 km/h speed limit was displayed only during the day (from 5 till 22) and under optimal conditions. In the night (from 22 till 5) the speed limit could be only up to 110 km/h. In bad weather or traffic conditions the displayed speed limit could be lowered. In very poor conditions, the rate was reduced to 80 km/h.
  6. ↑ Cars with heavy trailer: 80 km/h; lorries with heavy trailer: 70 km/h.
  7. ↑ Cars with heavy trailer: 100 km/h; lorries with heavy trailer: 80 km/h.
  8. ↑ "Bulgaria Ups Hwy Speed Limit to 140 km/H". 26 June 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  9. ↑ "Bulgarian MPs Seal 140 km/h as Highway Speed Limit". 12 June 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  10. 1 2 During winter, when conditions are often bad, all Finnish motorways have a speed limit of 100 km/h or less. Also most roads with 100 km/h speed limit in summer have 80 km/h limit during winter.
  11. ↑ Speed limit is 60 km/h for trailers on 2-lane non-priority roads.
  12. ↑ Speed limit is 80 km/h for lorries and trailers transporting dangerous goods.
  13. ↑ 130 km/h is the recommended maximum speed on motorways, as indicated by a square blue sign (round blue sign = minimum speed). Many sections of the German motorway network are now covered by speed limits, usually ranging from 80 to 130 km/h (140 km/h as speed limit is being tested in Lower Saxony -some politicians are against it, because 140 km/h is over the recommended maximum speed, depending on local conditions (i.e., frequent traffic, terrain, etc.). It is usual for drivers involved in crashes who were exceeding the 'recommended' speed limit to be held to be at least partly at fault, regardless of the circumstances of the crash, and insurance companies have the right to withhold payment. Already more than 50% Autobahns now have a (partially variable) speed limit. Vehicles also must be able to go faster than 60 km/h.
    Roughly 30% of german Autobahn have permanent limits. An additional 17% have at least partial limits depending on time, weather or traffic. Study on the speed limit on german Autobahn. Archived 25 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
  14. ↑ Speed limits have been signed in kilometres per hour since the 1980s. The unit "km/h" was signed below the number before the late 1990's.
  15. ↑ Type restriction is not prescribed for private motor vehicles or motor cycles as opposed to goods vehicles and buses. The default speed limit is 50 km/h unless signed otherwise.
  16. ↑ No default speed limit is mandated on expressways. The lowest signposted limit on main lines is 70 km/h, which is the norm for examples from the 1970's and 80's usually found in urban areas. More commonly, however, 80 km/h is signed. The rural standard is 100 km/h and is signed whenever practicable in the New Territories. The highest limit, 110 km/h, is only used on the island of Lantau.
  17. ↑ Buses, as well as goods vehicles with a laden weight of 7.5 tonnes, are limited to 70 km/h, minibuses to 80 km/h. Most buses and all minibuses are mechanically restricted. The restriction for goods vehicles is not enforced by the police.
  18. ↑ The default speed limit in the territory is 50 km/h. 30 km/h may be signed on less used roads built on rough terrain.
  19. ↑ Iceland does not have expressways/motorways in the traditional sense. There is only one true 'expressway', road 41(Reykjanesbraut), which is built to motorway standard most of its route – grade separated, 2 lanes each direction. However it does not have a higher speed limit. Other such expressways are located within Reykjavík city limits, and the maximum speed is 80 km/h.
  20. 1 2 100 km/h is default limit on all National Routes regardless of design standard when local limits do not apply; regional and minor routes have an 80 km/h limit. All limits are signposted either way. *On urban motorways such as the M50 (100km/h or 80 km/h) or M1 (as low as 80km/h in places) or in tunnels (80km/h).
  21. ↑ A proposed 150 km/h limit on a few stretches of six-lanes motorways never went into force.
  22. ↑ "Lithuanian parliament official speed limits. See XV article". 8 April 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  23. ↑ Some two lane Federal highways are posted at 110 km/h provided they have a paved shoulder.
  24. ↑ In the Netherlands, only cars or vans pulling a trailer with a total weight of less than 3.5 metric tons (with the trailer weighing less than 750 kg) are allowed to drive 90 km/h, except where a lower speed limit is posted. Vehicles of other categories (i.e. trucks), as well as cars or vans with a trailer weighing more than 3.5 tons are restricted to 80 km/h.
  25. ↑ This is because the 3% are rounded up. 3% of 136 km/h is 4.08, which after rounding up results in a tolerance of 5 km/h. Thus after correction for tolerance, a measured speed of 136 km/h results in a fine for driving 131 km/h, or 1 km/h over the speed limit.
  26. ↑ 50 km/h in built-up areas during the day (from 5 till 23) and 60 km/h at night (from 23 till 5)
  27. ↑ Speed limit is 130 km/h, but no legal sanction is established for driving within 10 km/h over the speed limit.
  28. ↑ 100 km/h on: a) one-way roads, b) roads with more than two lanes, or c) roads with shoulders at least 1.5 m wide; 90 km/h elsewhere.
    On two-way roads, cars and motorbikes are allowed to go 20 km/h over the speed limit in order to overtake a slower vehicle in a shorter amount of time.
  29. ↑ On roads with a speed limit of 100 km/h for cars and motorbikes: 90 km/h for buses, vans and vehicles with a trailer weighing 750 kg or less, 80 km/h for trucks and vehicles with a trailer weighing more than 750 kg.
    On roads with a speed limit of 90 km/h for cars and motorbikes: 80 km/h for buses, vans and vehicles with a trailer weighing 750 kg or less, 70 km/h for trucks and vehicles with a trailer weighing more than 750 kg.
  30. ↑ 100 km/h for buses and vans, 90 km/h for trucks and vehicles with a trailer weighing 750 kg or less, 80 km/h for vehicles with a trailer weighing more than 750 kg.
  31. 1 2 3 Sweden introduced new speed limits in 2008/2009, where the regular limits 30, 50, 70, 90 and 110 km/h are complemented by 40, 60, 80, 100 and 120 km/h. Please see this document for more information In general speed limits of 110 and 120 km/h apply on freeways only (4 lanes). However speed limits of 110 km/h remain on fence-divided 2–3 lane highways in the northern part of the country. Parts of the east-coast European Route E4 north of the city of Gävle towards Haparanda is an example of this. All other 2–3 lane highways previously zoned at 110 km/h have been lowered to either 90 or 100 km/h respectively.
  32. ↑ The 120 km/h limit is currently unenforced by the police due to lack of clarity in the legal text, per Teknikens Värld, 3 January 2012 Archived 14 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine..
  33. ↑ In June 2010, a motion has taken by the Turkish Grand National Assembly to increase the speed limit in double lane highways in rural areas from 90 km/h to 110 km/h. New law is expected to be valid from July 2010.
  34. ↑ New speed limits in Ukraine effective since 1 January 2018.
  35. 1 2 UK roads only have three blanket limits for non-towing private vehicles (separate from those for trucks, buses and towing vehicles). 30 mph (48 km/h) in towns (including dual carriageways), 60 mph (97 km/h) on non-urban single carriageway roads, and 70 mph (113 km/h) on all dual-carriageway roads and motorways (including rare single-carriageway motorway sections, and slip roads), which apply without needing signs. Any other limits in force must be clearly posted. For example, 20 mph (32 km/h) limits are sometimes seen in residential estates and city-centre areas and outside primary schools, whereas 40 mph (64 km/h) limits are common on major urban through-routes, including many 2-lane single-carriageway residential urban roads, and usually come with both zone start/end signs and small repeaters (with 30 mph areas also usually having start/end signs for clarity, but rarely repeaters; 60/70 sections tend to be marked with struck-circle "de-restriction" signs, but very occasionally zone-start and repeaters for clarity or preserving the higher limit on limited-access routes that would otherwise technically class as an urban road). Higher limits in urban areas are usually reserved for limited-access dual carriageways. Lower limits are common on sections of dual carriageways, even on some major intercity routes. Permanent, mandatory lower motorway limits are rare but do exist, e.g. 50 mph (80 km/h) is generally applied on tidal flow sections, in tunnels, some bridges or sections of substandard alignment and junction structure. Variable, legally-enforceable limits for traffic control (including hard-shoulder running at up to 50~60 mph) are being gradually introduced (at time of writing, on sections of the M25, M42 and M6) and may go as low as 20 mph (32 km/h) in 10 mph steps. Any other speed signs on motorways are usually advisory-only but may be used for apportioning liability for accidents.
  36. ↑ In general, non-urban, all-purpose (i.e. not limited to motor traffic, except in the case of "A(M)" roads) dual carriageways are subject to the same 70 mph limit for light vehicles as motorways, but lower limits (50 and 60 mph) are in place for heavy trucks, buses/minibuses and towing vehicles. These roads take the place of motorways where a high-traffic trunk route is required but building a motorway would be impractical for reasons of cost and/or geography. For instance, steeper or more winding alignments and less forgiving junctions than would be found on motorways necessitate lower limits for some stretches – as low as 30 mph in some cases, e.g. around Penmaenbach on the A55 in Wales, or a less severe 60 mph restriction on some parts of the A38 and A45.
  37. 1 2 Generally in the UK, lorries over a laden weight of 7500 kg are mechanically or electronically speed-limited to 56 mph (90 km/h) because of overriding European law, even on motorways where they are legally permitted (under UK law) to travel at 60 mph. Some heavier machines are further limited to 53 mph (85 km/h) for the same reasons, and carry warning plates to this effect. Some lorries or trucks with a laden weight between 3500 kg and 7500 kg are also speed-limited to 56 mph (90 km/h) on all roads. On non-motorway roads, heavier trucks are legally limited to 50 (single-carriageway) or 60 (dual carriageway) mph (80 and 97 km/h) except in scotland where they are limited to 40 (single-carriageway) or 50 (dual carriageway (as of 6 April 2015), Medium trucks and buses/commercial van-based minibuses to 50 and 60 mph (80 and 97 km/h), though the latter are further subdivided: some are allowed a motorway speed of 60 mph (97 km/h) and others 70 mph (113 km/h). Light commercial vans are subject to the same 60/70/70 mph limits as private cars and motorcycles, and towing cycles/cars/vans subject to medium truck 50/60/60 limits.
  38. ↑ The lower speed limit in large inner-cities may be as low as 45 mph (72 km/h) for example on I-90/94 which goes through Chicago. In many urban areas, controlled-access highways typically take 5 – 15 mph off the speed limit. For example, in Cleveland and Cuyahoga county, the speed limit is 60 mph (97 km/h). Once out of the county, the speed limit returns to 65 mph (105 km/h).
  39. 1 2 The state of Hawaii posts a 55 mph (89 km/h) speed limit on many Interstate highways.
  40. ↑ One toll road near Austin, TX has a speed limit of 85 miles per hour. 85 MPH Highway Opens
  41. ↑ There are no specific speed limits in Venezuela. The standard within towns is 60 km/h and from 80 to 120 km/h in highways however it varies depending on road conditions therefore speed limits are set by transit authorities through signals. Ley de Transito Terrestre, 3 November 2007 Archived 1 January 2013 at Archive.is.

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