It is important to know this sped limits. Supose you want to drive from a state to another, and you are used with driving at 75 mph, but in the new state the speed limit is 55. So, this is a good way to avoid speed tickets!

Well you were used by the old laws to drive at 55 mph. Well no more, starting May 2005 1 states had raised speed limits to 70 mph or higher on some portion of their roadway systems. There are often lower speed limits at night and for trucks.

Outside towns speed limits are now almost universally ignored, but most motorists only travel at ten or twenty miles per hour above the limit. In towns, speed limits can be as low as 25mph, and are generally obeyed absolutely. It is very rare to see anyone exceeding a speed limit in a town - those drivers that do are almost always stopped by the police.

In many cases there are progressively slower speed limits as you approach a town (55, 45, 35, 25mph), followed by progressively higher limits as you leave it (25, 35, 45, 55mph).

State Rural

interstates (mph)

Urban interstates

(mph) Other limited access roads

(mph) Other roads

(mph) Alabama 70 65 65 65 Alaska 65 55 65 55 Arizona 75 55 55 55 Arkansas 70

(trucks 65)

55 60 55 California 70

(trucks 55) 65 70 65 Colorado 75 65 65 65 Connecticut 65 55 65 55 Delaware 65 55 65 55 District of Columbia N/A 55 N/A 25 Florida 70 65 70 65 Georgia 70 65 65 65 Hawaii 60 50 45 45 Idaho 75

(trucks 65) 75 65 65 Illinois 65

(trucks 55) 55 65 55 Indiana 65

(trucks 55) 55 65 55 Iowa 70 55 70 55 Kansas 70 70 70 65 Kentucky 65 65 65 55 Louisiana 70 70 70 65 Maine 65 65 65 60 Maryland 65 65 65 55 Massachusetts 65 65 65 55 Michigan until 11/9/06:

70 (55 trucks)

after 11/9/06:

70 (60 trucks)

< 70 (55 trucks) 65 70 55 Minnesota 70 65 65 55 Mississippi 70 70 70 65 Missouri 70 60 70 65 Montana 75

(trucks 65) 65 day: 70 night: 65 day: 70 night: 65 Nebraska 75 65 65 60 Nevada 75 65 70 70 New Hampshire 65 65 55 55 New Jersey 65 55 65 55 New Mexico 75 75 65 55 New York 65 65 65 55 North Carolina 70 70 70 55 North Dakota 75 75 70 65 Ohio 65

(trucks 55; 65 on Ohio Turnpike) 65 55 55 Oklahoma 75 70 70 70 Oregon 65

(trucks 55) 55 55 55 Pennsylvania 65 55 65 55 Rhode Island 65 55 55 55 South Carolina 70 70 60 55 South Dakota 75 75 70 70 Tennessee 70 70 70 65 Texas day: 75

night: 65

trucks: 65 day: 70

night: 65 day: 75 night: 65

trucks: 65 day: 60

night: 55 Utah 75 65 75 65 Vermont 65 55 50 50 Virginia 65* 658 65 55 Washington 70

(trucks 60) 60 60 60 West Virginia 70 55 65 55 Wisconsin 65 65 65 55 Wyoming 70 60 65 65

Effective July 1, 2006, the posted limit on I-85 may be as high as 70 mph.

Read them, learn the one in your state and the one in the state you want to go and you won't get bustted!