Speed Limits
NMA Position On Speed Limits
Speed limits should be based on sound traffic-engineering principles that consider responsible motorists' actual travel speeds.
Typically, this should result in speed limits set at the 85th percentile speed of free-flowing traffic (the speed under which 85 percent of traffic is traveling).
These limits should be periodically adjusted to reflect changes in actual traffic speeds.
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NMA Position on Speed Limits
Speed limits should be based on sound traffic-engineering principles that consider responsible motorists' actual travel speeds.
Typically, this should result in speed limits set at the 85th percentile speed of free-flowing traffic (the speed under which 85 percent of traffic is traveling).
NMA Speed Limits Fact Sheet
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