40 mph on roads outside town
A free practice question for the Massachusetts permit test, with the answer explained.
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No sign is posted. How fast may you reasonably go on a country road outside any town or business area?
The rule
Unless a different limit is posted, more than 40 mph on a road outside a thickly settled or business district is not a reasonable and proper speed.
Unless posted, 40 mph is the most that's reasonable on a road outside a thickly settled or business district.
From the Massachusetts Driver's Manual, page 79. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the RMV have the final word.
Often mixed up with
People confuse these rules with this one. Each has its own practice question.
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