Definition of speed limit in US English:
speed limit
nounˈspid ˌlɪmɪtˈspēd ˌlimit
The maximum speed at which a vehicle may legally travel on a particular stretch of road.
Example sentencesExamples
- Motorists caught exceeding the speed limit will receive a fixed charge notice.
- If you go to overtake another vehicle the chances are you will break the speed limit.
- The significance of the speed limit is that it would tell the driver that this is an area in which he or she is at a particular level of risk.
- Drivers are still speeding through the town well beyond the recommended speed limit.
- It's a bit like being sold a Ferrari when everyone knows the speed limit is 40 mph.
- She knew she had been going three times the speed limit, and she had run several lights.
- He hopped into his car and drove as fast as he could, under the speed limit of course, to get to their store.
- There was a lot of local outrage when the speed limit on suburban roads in Perth was dropped to 50 kph.
- He was twenty miles over the speed limit, but desperate times called for desperate measures.
- He slammed on the accelerator and went way past the speed limit.
- Councillors suggested these could include lowering the speed limit to 20 mph.
- He drove just short of the speed limit, his eyes focusing on the task ahead.
- Ms. Jones testified that she was traveling just below the speed limit of 80 kilometres per hour.
- There was no way they were traveling even remotely close to the speed limit.
- There has been considerable discussion in the national news over speed cameras and the enforcement of the speed limit.
- We made it home a few minutes later than usual, since I was driving a few miles under the speed limit.
- Giving her a mischievous look I increased the speed until we were going way over the speed limit.
- Besides this, the police are also conducting regular checks to see if the motorists exceed the speed limit.
- On long journeys, a constant eye needs to be kept on the speedometer as it is too easy to exceed the speed limit.
- The two motorcycles drove away from the building, going well over the speed limit.