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Miles per hour (mph, m.p.h., MPH, or mi/h) is a British imperial and United States customary unit of speed expressing the number of miles travelled in one hour.It is used in the United Kingdom, the United States, and a number of smaller countries, most of which are UK or US territories, or have close historical ties with the UK or US.
All main countries/regions, except for the United States and the United Kingdom, use the metric system. Some mark this fact by using units on various signs. Note that some smaller English-speaking countries in the Caribbean also use miles per hour. Advisory speed limit signs in most countries list units, although New Zealand does not.
In 1983 Richard Noble had broken the world land speed record with his earlier car Thrust2, which reached a speed of 1,019 km/h (633 mph). The date of Andy Green's record came exactly a half century and one day after Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in Earth's atmosphere, with the Bell X-1 research rocket plane on 14 October 1947.
Legally 5 mph. 5–9 mph dependent on limit and jurisdiction. [fn 19] Patrol officers use own discretion. Gibraltar [70] 30–50: N/A: N/A: N/A: 35 for registered goods vehicles and buses: 10 Isle of Man [fn 16] 30 mph (48 km/h) N/A: No limit [71] N/A: 5 mph (8 km/h) United States [fn 16] 25–35 miles per hour (40–56 km/h) (Varies by State)
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 January 2025. Directionality of traffic flow by jurisdiction Countries by direction of road traffic, c. 2020 ⇅ Left-hand traffic ⇵ Right-hand traffic No data Left-hand traffic (LHT) and right-hand traffic (RHT) are the practices, in bidirectional traffic, of keeping to the left side and to the ...
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The UK national speed limit of 60 miles per hour (97 km/h) for ordinary vehicles applies beyond this sign. In some countries, derestriction signs are used to mark where a speed zone ends. The speed limit beyond the sign is the prevailing limit for the general area; for example, the sign might be used to show the end of an urban area.
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