speed limit

noun

the maximum speed at which a vehicle is legally permitted to travel, as within a specific area, on a certain road, or under given conditions.

speed limit

First recorded in 1890–95

The driver then got on the highway and started going "well above the speed limit," with the taxi inspector still in tow.

Going the speed limit, the trip to the Otselic camp takes an hour.

Defense lawyers countered that Batista never exceeded the legal speed limit and that he could not have avoided the cyclist.

The speed limit is, luckily, the same speed as my brainstorming speed.

“Red-light and speed-safety cameras only generate revenue when drivers exceed the speed limit or run red lights,” Territo said.

Uncle Joe sometimes exceeded the speed limit leaving town but usually went in at a respectable gait.

Polly was fixed in her determination not to exceed the speed limit, at any rate on outward journeys.

Meanwhile, Lennard raced down to Portsmouth at a pace that by comparison made the speed limit as slow as that of a tortoise.

Speed limit, 28 kilometres per hour in open country down to 12 kilometres in the towns.

However much the rest of the year may drag, the spring vacation always ignores the speed limit.

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