55 mph: the limit on other roads
A free practice question for the Virginia permit test, with the answer explained.
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On a paved highway outside any town, no speed sign is posted. What is the most a car may legally go?
The rule
Unless a sign says otherwise, the top speed for cars and motorcycles is 55 mph on roads other than school, business and residential areas (25 mph) and unpaved roads (35 mph).
With no sign, the limit is 55 mph on roads other than school, business and residential areas (25 mph) and unpaved roads (35 mph).
From the Virginia Driver's Manual, section 3, page 15. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the DMV 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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