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Ewinger, James (December 20, 2010). "Ohio Turnpike Commission votes to raise toll road's speed limit to 70 mph". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Retrieved December 20, 2010. Wikipedia has a map and chart of state speed limits across the United States.

"Examples of related laws"

When I read through this article the section "Examples of related laws" confused me. Is there a purpose to that section of the article? There seems no point in selecting a few random states, then selecting a few random laws relating to speed limit. Rhode Island is included, but only has the ticket dismissal box filled out. If this was to make sense, it would need all the states, but that would just make this page too big. I believe that speed laws should be on it's on wiki page. It doesn't make much sense to pick out a few, it doesn't add anything to the article, and just makes it messy. I would delete it, or maybe change the section to something like controversial laws. Would it be okay to delete, or change the section?

ChaosCheese201 (talk) 23:11, 23 October 2018 (UTC)Jaydin[reply]

Disputed

Last month, someone edited the introduction, claiming that the highest posted speed limit in New York State is 55 mph. I reverted this because I know for a fact that New York's maximum on freeways is 65 mph. After numerous intermittent reverts, I added a source next to the statement that New York's maximum is 65. Someone then edited it again, leaving the source in, and claiming it was 55. Needforspeed888 (talk) 21:52, 27 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

And what is the rational to give the highest posted speed limit, rather than for instance the lowest speed limit, or for instance the usual speed limit? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.67.202.196 (talk) 18:41, 9 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The basic rationale for any fact to be in any article is that our sources consider it significant. If many sources see the highest posted limit as meaningful, then as far as we're concerned, it is meaningful.[1][2][3] If the lowest posted limit, or the "usual" limit, whatever that means, were getting attention in sources, then we'd give a proportionate amount of weight to it. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 21:26, 9 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Then why is it written: «This table contains the most usual posted daytime speed limits, in miles per hour, on typical roads in each category. The values shown are not necessarily the fastest or slowest. They usually indicate, but not always, statutory speed limits.»?

The table and the introduction are two separate matters. The introduction clearly refers to eight states (and one territory) that have maximum speed limits of 65 mph. It's clear from the context that the sentence means the maximum anywhere in the state, regardless of what class of road it is, as the entire paragraph is discussing the highest speed limits in various states. The table is a different matter and refers to the "most usual" limits. I think it would be legitimate to change the Texas listing there to refer to freeways being posted at 75–80, rather than 75–85, because only one highway in the entire state is posted at 85 (meaning it's not "usual" to see 85), but it doesn't bother me the way it is. 1995hoo (talk) 15:21, 11 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect information in the infographic

I live in Washington State, and all of the major highways and interstates are posted at 60 MPH for trucks and 70 MPH for cars. There are none that are posted at 75 mph. 2600:100E:B10F:187A:A171:E3AA:C2FF:CD55 (talk) 20:03, 6 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note the caption says "statutorily-allowed." The article about speed limits by jurisdiction says a Washington statute allows 75-mph limits, even if the DOT isn’t posting them. I haven’t done the research to confirm whether that’s correct, but the way Oregon's DOT stubbornly resisted posting 70 suggests it may be. 1995hoo (talk) 20:42, 6 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"Unless otherwise posted" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Unless otherwise posted has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 May 26 § Unless otherwise posted until a consensus is reached. Rusalkii (talk) 21:41, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]