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North Carolina law makes exceeding 80 mph anywhere in the state (regardless of the posted speed limit) a Class 3 Misdemeanor, as well as exceeding 15 mph over the posted speed limit. [127] In 2013, the North Carolina Senate passed a bill to explore raising the speed limit on certain low volume freeways to 75 mph (121 km/h).
Portions of the Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming road networks have 80 mph (129 km/h) posted limits. The highest posted speed limit in the country is 85 mph (137 km/h) and can be found only on Texas State Highway 130, a toll road that bypasses the Austin metropolitan area for long-distance traffic.
The speed limit in South Dakota is 80 miles per hour (129 km/h) on rural interstates, regardless of vehicle type and time of day, [13] and 65 mph (105 km/h) on urban interstates and other highways, or up to 70 mph (113 km/h) on multilane, divided non-interstate roadways.
The Revised Code of Washington has a set of default speed limits for various types of roads. Rules of the Road: 25 mph is too fast. Is there a lower speed limit for residential alleys?
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South Dakota increased its maximum speed limit from 65 to 75 mph (105 to 121 km/h) in 1996. Annual surveys of speed on South Dakota Interstate roads show that from 2000 to 2011, the average speed rose from 71 to 74 mph (114 to 119 km/h). [131]
The fines for speeding in North Carolina are relatively low, starting at $10 for going up to 5 mph over the speed limit. There are special fines of $250 for speeding in school and work zones.
An advisory speed limit is a speed recommendation by a governing body, used when it may be non-obvious to the driver that the safe speed is below the legal speed. It is a posting which either approximates the Basic Speed Law or rule (and is subject to enforcement as such) or is based on a maximum g-force exerted at a specific speed.