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  2. Speed limits by country - Wikipedia

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    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 19] [fn 20] 40–65 miles per hour (64–105 km/h) [fn 21] Restrictions only in some states, typically 5–15 mph lower. None formally, though jurisdiction-dependent Venezuela: 40–60 kilometres per hour (25 ...

  3. 0 to 60 mph - Wikipedia

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    The time it takes a vehicle to accelerate from 0 to 60 miles per hour (97 km/h or 27 m/s), often said as just "zero to sixty" or "nought to sixty", is a commonly used performance measure for automotive acceleration in the United States and the United Kingdom. In the rest of the world, 0 to 100 km/h (0 to 62.1 mph) is used.

  4. List of fastest production cars by acceleration - Wikipedia

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    By 0–60 mph (97 km/h) (less than 3.0 s) [ edit ] Many elements change how fast the car can accelerate to 60 mph. [ ii ] [ iii ] Tires, elevation above sea level, weight of the driver, testing equipment, weather conditions and surface of testing track all influence these times. [ 3 ]

  5. List of vehicle speed records - Wikipedia

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    Uncrewed torpedo speed claims range from 60 knots (110 km/h; 69 mph) for the British Spearfish torpedo [64] to 200 knots (370 km/h; 230 mph) for the Russian VA-111 Shkval. [ 65 ] ^ a b Ground effect vehicles (a.k.a. "Wing-In-Ground effect vehicles") are classified as maritime vessels, rather than aircraft, by the International Maritime ...

  6. Speed limit - Wikipedia

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    The speed limit is commonly set at or below the 85th percentile speed (the operating speed which no more than 15% of traffic exceeds), [55] [56] [57] and in the US is frequently set 4 to 8 mph (6 to 13 km/h) below that speed. [58]

  7. Speed limits in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Point system may lead to license suspension. Exceeding the speed limit by more than 15 mph (24 km/h) with a speed of greater than 55 mph (89 km/h) or travelling faster than 80 mph (129 km/h) results in a minimum 30-day license suspension. [67] Pennsylvania: $35 [68] plus court and other costs. All fines doubled in active work zones. Absolute

  8. National Maximum Speed Law - Wikipedia

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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]

  9. Land speed record - Wikipedia

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    Speed measurement is standardized over a course measuring either 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) or 1 mile (1.6 km), averaged over two runs with flying start (commonly called "passes") [5] going in opposite directions within one hour. A new record mark must exceed the previous one by at least one percent to be validated.