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  2. Speed limits in the United States - Wikipedia

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    As of May 15, 2017, 41 states have maximum speed limits of 70 mph (113 km/h) or higher. 18 of those states have 75 miles per hour (121 km/h) speed limits or higher, while 7 states of that same portion have 80 mph (129 km/h) speed limits, with Texas even having an 85 miles per hour (137 km/h) speed limit on one of its toll roads.

  3. Speed limits in the United States by jurisdiction - Wikipedia

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    Within "business or residential" districts, exceeding the speed limit by more than 20 miles per hour (32 km/h) is considered criminal. Within "urbanized areas", 55 miles per hour (89 km/h) speed limit citations are given for "waste of a finite resource". This exception only applies within a 10-mile-per-hour (16 km/h) threshold.

  4. Speed limits by country - Wikipedia

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    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) 55–85 miles per hour (89–137 km/h) [fn 20] [fn 21] 40–65 miles per hour (64–105 km/h) [fn 22] Restrictions only in some states, typically 5–15 mph lower. None formally, though jurisdiction-dependent ...

  5. Speed limit - Wikipedia

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    Research in 1998 showed that the reduction of some 30 mph (48 km/h) United Kingdom speed limits to 20 mph (32 km/h) had achieved only a 1 mph (1.6 km/h) drop in speeds and no discernible reduction in accidents; 20 mph (32 km/h) speed limit zones, which use self-enforcing traffic calming, achieved average speed reductions of 10 mph (16 km/h ...

  6. 'Life threatening' storm leaves 93,000 properties without power

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    Provisional new records for wind speed have been recorded in the Republic Ireland, with hurricane-force sustained winds of 85 mph (137 km/h) at Mace Head, County Galway. There were gusts of 114 ...

  7. Kilometres per hour - Wikipedia

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    Speed limit sign in the Republic of Ireland, using "km/h.". The SI representations, classified as symbols, are "km/h", "km h −1" and "km·h −1".Several other abbreviations of "kilometres per hour" have been used since the term was introduced and many are still in use today; for example, dictionaries list "kph", [3] [4] [5] "kmph" and "km/hr" [6] as English abbreviations.

  8. List of Western Australia tropical cyclones - Wikipedia

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    85 km/h (55 mph) 985 hPa (29.09 inHg) 0: None: Made landfall near Kalumburu causing no damage. Ingrid: 2005: 15 March: 230 km/h (145 mph) 924 hPa (27.29 inHg) 0: Unknown: Made landfall near Kalumburu as a category five. Structural damage was minor, however environmental damage was severe with hundreds of kilometers of forest destroyed. Clare ...

  9. 1963 Pacific hurricane season - Wikipedia

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    The 1963 Pacific hurricane season was a below-average season, with 8 storms and 4 hurricanes forming. The season ran through the summer and fall of 1963. The strongest of these storms were Glenda and Mona, which both had 85 mph (135 km/h) winds.