55 mph: two-lane undivided highways and towing
A free practice question for the California permit test, with the answer explained.
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No sign is posted. What is the speed limit on a two-lane undivided highway?
The rule
Unless signs say otherwise, two-lane undivided highways have a 55 mph limit, and so does any vehicle towing a trailer.
A two-lane undivided highway has a 55 mph limit unless signs say otherwise. 65 most highways · 55 two-lane undivided or towing.
From the California Driver Handbook, section 8, page 67. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the DMV have the final word.
Often mixed up with
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