Business and residential areas: 25 mph
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No sign is posted. What is the speed limit in a residential district?
The rule
Unless a sign says otherwise, the top speed in business and residential areas is 25 mph.
Business and residential areas have a 25 mph limit unless a sign shows something else.
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.
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