Municipal, business and residential areas: 30 mph
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No sign is posted. How fast may you drive on a street in a Florida residential area?
The rule
In municipal, business and residential areas the speed limit is 30 mph unless signs post a different one.
Municipal, business and residential areas have a 30 mph limit unless a sign shows something else.
From the Official Florida Driver License Handbook, page 68. 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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