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In April, officials announced that anyone driving more than 15 mph or more above the speed limit on the main post or federal property operated by Fort Liberty is subject to suspension.
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.
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The federal government enforced the national maximum speed limit by withholding federal funding for projects whose speed limits exceeded 55 miles per hour (89 km/h). Federal highway funding is normally allocated according to 23 U.S. Code § 106, [ 87 ] the National Maximum Speed Law (also known as H.R.11372 - An Act to conserve energy on the ...
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).
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.
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The legislation required 55 mph (89 km/h) speed limits on all four-lane divided highways unless the road had a lower limit before November 1, 1973. In some cases, like the New York State Thruway, the 50 mph (80 km/h) speed limit had to be raised to comply with the law. The law capped speed limits at 55 mph (89 km/h) on all other roads. [18]