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speed limit:

Definitions:

  1. regulation establishing the top speed permitted on a given road

Examples:

  1. to have decided in advance that crashes can be cured by simply sticking to the speed limit . We are very concerned that the " accident investigation " angle could be a
  2. There would eventually be a legal obligation on drivers to set limiters to the prevailing speed limit , but control would remain in the driver 's hands . A driver-operated speed limiter
  3. camera . What chance do they have if this many people are completely ignoring the speed limit ? " . Wiltshire removes lane markings to cut speeds Wiltshire County Council has decided
  4. satellite technology . That technology could be used either to advise the driver of the speed limit in force and / or when they were exceeding it , and / or intervene
  5. variation is in maximum speed limits ; for example , rural states like Montana have speed limits as high as 75 mph ( 120 km / h ) , but Oregon has

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