Countries
| Country | Within towns | Automobiles & motorcycles (single carriageway) | Expressways/motorways (dual carriageway) | Trucks or automobiles with trailer | Outside built-up areas/highways | Enforcement tolerance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Åland (Finland) | 50 | 70-90 | |||||
| Albania | 40 | 80-90 | 110 | 60-70 | 80 | ||
| Argentina | 40-60 | 80-110 | 120-130 (100 in Buenos Aires City) | 80 | 110 | ||
| Armenia | 40-60 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Up to 10 km/h over the limit | |
| Australia | 40-60 | 100-130 | 80-110 | 100 | 80-130 | 6 km/h in Victoria, 7km/h over in Western Australia, Generally 10% over speed limit in other states, but a ticket can be given for less. Especially when detected by fixed speed camera. | |
| Austria | 50 | 100 | 130-160 | 100 | 100 | ||
| Azerbaijan | 60 | 90 | 110 | ||||
| Belarus | 60 | 90 | 100 ( 90) | 70 | 90 | Up to 10 km/h over the limit | |
| Belgium | 50 (30 in downtown Brussels and Antwerp) | 90 | Motorways: 120, Expressways: 120 (90 when no physical separation between opposite directions) | 60-90 | 90 | 6 km/h tolerance under 100 km/h, 6% over 100 km/h | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 50 | 80 | 130 (motorways) 100 (expressways) |
80 | |||
| Brazil | 40-70 | 80-110 | 80-120 | 80 (90 for buses) | 80-100 | 7 km/h when speed limit = or < 100 km/h and 7% when speed limit > 100 km/h | |
| Brunei | 50 | 80 | 100 | 80 | 80 | ||
| Bulgaria | 50 | 90 ( 80) | 140 ( 100) | 70 | 100 | ||
| Cambodia | 60-80 | 90 | 120 | 80 | 100 | ||
| Canada | 30-80 | 60-100 | 70-110 | 60-100 | 70-110 | 20% to 40% unofficially (depends on police officer, province, type of road). Speed limits are more strictly enforced in school zones and construction zones where road workers are present. Tickets can be given from 1kph more than speedlimit | |
| China, People's Republic of ! People's Republic of China | 30-60 | 60-80 | 100-120 | N/A | N/A | ||
| Chile | 40-60 | 80-100 | 100-120 | 100 | 100 | ||
| Colombia | 40-60 (70 in urban freeways) | 70-90 | 90-120 | 80 | 90 | ||
| Costa Rica | 45 | 60 | 80-100 | 60 | 80 | ||
| Croatia | 50 | 90 | 130 (motorways) 110 (expressways) |
80 | 80 | 10% in all cases; additionally, outside towns there is no penalty for 10 km/h speeding | |
| Cyprus | 50 | 80 | 100 | 80 | 100 | 20% unofficially (depends on police officer). Tickets can be given from 1kph more than speedlimit | |
| Czech Republic | 50 | 90 | 80 (urban expressways & motorways) 130 |
80 | 90 | Usually 10 (urban) to 20 (highway) km/h but might be strict in urban areas. Additional 5 km/h measurement tolerance in any case | |
| Denmark | 50 | 80 | 130 | 70 (80 for buses) | 80 | ||
| Ecuador | 50 | 60-100 | 60-100 | 40-70 (50-90 for buses) | 90 | ||
| Estonia | 50 | 90-110 | 90 | 90 | |||
| Faroe Islands (Denmark) | 50 | 80 | |||||
| Finland | 40-50 | 80-100 | 120 | 80 | 80 | Generally 10% over speed limit, but a ticket can be given for less. Especially when detected by fixed speed camera. | |
| France | 50 | 90 (80 in rain) |
110 (100 in rain)-expressways 130 (110 in rain)-motorways |
60-110 | 80-130 | 5 km/h tolerance under 100 km/h, 5% over 100 km/h | |
| Georgia | 60 | 90 | 110 | ||||
| Germany | 50 | 100 | No Speed Limit (130 recommended) |
80 100 |
100 | Up to 100 km/h: 3 km/h, over 100 km/h: 3% (rounded up) for fixed speed cameras. Up to 100 km/h: 7 km/h, over 100 km/h: 7% (rounded up) for moving speed cameras. |
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| Gibraltar (UK) | 30-50 | ||||||
| Greece | 50 | 90 ( 70) | 130 ( 80) | 80 (School buses 60) | 80 (School buses 60) | ||
| Greenland (Denmark) | 50 | 80 | |||||
| Guernsey (UK) | 40 (25 mph) | 56 (35 mph) | N/A | N/A | 56 (35 mph) | ||
| Hong Kong (PRC) | 50 | 50-70 | 70-110 | 70 | 30-70 | ||
| Hungary | 50 | 90 | 110 (expressways) 130 (motorways) |
70 | 80 | ||
| Iceland | 50 | 90 (80 on gravel) | 90 | 80 | 80 | ||
| India | 50-70 | 80 | 80-120 | 65 | 50 | Some states do not have default speed limits for cars, requiring such regulations to be set by local governments. See Speed limits in India for more information. | |
| Indonesia | 30-60 | 60-80 | 80-120 | 60-80 | 80-120 | ||
| Iran | 50 | 70-110 | 70-120 | 70-110 | 70-110 | ||
| Ireland | 30-50 | 80-100 | 120 | 80-100 | 80 | ||
| Isle of Man (UK) | 48 (30 mph) | No Speed Limit | N/A | N/A | No Speed Limit | ||
| Israel | 50 | 80-90 | 100-110 | 80 | 90 | 10 km/h | |
| Italy | 50 (70 on urban fast traffic roads) | 90 | 110 (100 in adverse weather)-expressways 130-150 (110 in adverse weather)-motorways |
70 | 80 | ||
| Japan | 40 | 50-60 | 80-100 70-80 (single carriageway expressways) |
50-60 | 50-60 | Typically, 30–40 km/h over, with vast use of overhead cameras and devices for detection. | |
| Jersey (UK) | 48 (30 mph) | 64 (40 mph) | N/A | N/A | 64 (40 mph) | ||
| Kazakhstan | 60/80/100 | 90-100 | 110 | ||||
| Korea, South ! South Korea | 30-80 | 60-80 | 80-120 | 40-60 | 80 | 10 km/h over, reduced penalties less than 20 km/h over | |
| Latvia | 50 | 90 | 90; 110 (motorways) | 80 | 80-90 | Up to 10 km/h over the limit is tolerated on highways | |
| Lebanon | 50 | 100 | |||||
| Liechtenstein | 50 | 80 | 80 | ||||
| Lithuania | 50 | 70-90 | 110-130 | 70-80-90 | 90 | ||
| Luxembourg | 50 | 90 | 130 (110 in rain) | 90 | 90 | ||
| Macau (PRC) | 20-60 | 50-80 | 60-80 | N/A | N/A | 10 km/h | |
| Macedonia | 50 | 80-100 | 120 | ||||
| Malaysia | 50-70 | 80-90 | 110 | 50-70 | 80-90 | ||
| Malta | 25-45 | 60-80 | 60 | ||||
| Mexico | 30-70 | 80-120 | 100-120 | 95 | |||
| Netherlands | 50 (30 in many residential areas) | 80 | 130 (motorways, 120 or lower on many stretches) 100 (expressways) |
80-90 | 80 | 3 km/h for up to 100 km/h measured, 3% of the measured speed otherwise. From 01-01-2012, the higher 9 km/h tolerance for speeds over 130 km/h has been abolished in favour of the 3% rule (resulting in fines being issued from 136 km/h). | |
| New Zealand | 50 | 100 | 100 | 90 | 100 | 4 km/h (school zones and holiday periods) or 10 km/h (otherwise) when enforced by police. Speed cameras have no tolerance. You get ticket for 105 km/h at 100 km/h area. | |
| Norway | 50 | 80 | 100 | 80, 60 without brakes on trailer | 80 | 0-10% = Ticket. Up to 20% on highways if it does not make any danger. | |
| Pakistan | 40-70 | 60-100 | 120 (motorways) | 70-80 | 100 (90 buses) | ||
| Philippines | 60-90 | 80-100 | 100-120 | 80-100 | 100-120 | Vehicles in expressways are allowed to exceed the speed limit up to 120 km/h. | |
| Poland | 50 (60 at night) | 90 (single carriageways) 100 (dual carriageways) |
140 (motorways) 120 (dual carriageway expressways) 100 (single carriageway expressways) |
70 | 80 | 10 km/h on motorways and expressways | |
| Portugal | 50 | 90-100 | 120 | 70-80 | 100 | ||
| Romania | 50 70 (some DN stretches) |
90 100 (E-roads) |
130 (motorways) 100 (expressways) |
80 90 (E-roads) |
90 (expressways) 110 (motorways) |
10 km/h | |
| Russia | 60 (can be increased by regional government up to 110) | 90 (can be increased by regional government up to 110) | 110 ( 110) | 70-90 | 90 | 10 km/h | |
| Serbia | 50 | 80 | 120 (motorways) 100 (expressways) |
80 | 100 | 10% above the speed limit. However, it can depend on traffic officer. | |
| Singapore | 50 | 80-90 | 90 | 60 | 60 | 10 km/h | |
| Slovakia | 50 | 90 | 130 | 90 | 90/130 | ||
| Slovenia | 50 | 90 | 130 (motorways) 110 (expressways) |
80 | 80 | 7 km/h up to 100 km/h, 8 km/h between 100 and 150 km/h and 9 km/h above 150 km/h | |
| Saudi Arabia | 40-80 | 100-120 | 120 | 80 | 80 | 10% above the speed limit. | |
| South Africa | 60 | 80-120 | 120 | (no special restriction) | 80-100 | ||
| Spain | 50 | 90-100 | 120 (from July 1, 2011) | 70-80 | 80-90 | ||
| Sri Lanka | 56 | 72 | 120 | 40 | 72 | ||
| Sweden | 30-60 | 70-100(110) | 110-120 120 limit currently unenforced | 80 | 80 | ||
| Switzerland | 50 | 80-100 | 120 | 80 | 80 | Up to 100 km/h: 5 km/h, 101 to 150 km/h: 6 km/h, over 150 km/h: 7 km/h for fixed speed cameras. Up to 100 km/h: 3 km/h, 101 to 150 km/h: 4 km/h, over 150 km/h: 5 km/h for laser speed cameras. |
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| Taiwan (Republic of China) | 40-60 | 50-80 | 100-110 | 60-80 | 80-90 | 9 km/h | |
| Thailand | Bangkok Metropolitan & Pattaya City: 80 Others: 90 |
Bangkok Metropolitan & Pattaya City: 80 Others: 90 |
90 Intercity Highway 120 Motorway |
Truck Bangkok Metropolitan & Pattaya City: 60 Others: 80 Long Vehicle Bangkok Metropolitan & Pattaya City: 45 Others: 60 |
80-90 | No tolerance on any road when speed cameras are in operation. | |
| Tunisia | 50 (70 on urban fast traffic roads) | 90 | 110 | ||||
| Turkey | 50 | 90 ( 80 if L3) | 120(motorways)( 100 if L3) 110 (expressways 90 if L3) |
80 | 90(motorways) 85(expressways) |
%10 over the limit, except for motorways which have zero tolerance | |
| Ukraine | 60 | 90 ( 80) | 110 (dual carriageway) 130 (motorway) ( 80) |
70-90 | 80 | 20 km/h | |
| United Arab Emirates | 50-60 | 100-120 | 100-140 | 50-80 | 100-140 (trucks 80) | In Dubai 120 is the maximum speed limit which shows on board and have the tolerance of +20kmph. But whenever it shows 140, no tolerance is available. Temporary speed cameras can be expected in any roads. | |
| United Kingdom | 48 (30 mph) | 97 (60 mph) | 113 (70 mph) (both Motorways and trunk Dual-carriageways) - 129 (80 mph) proposed for Motorways only from 2013 | 64–97 (40-60 mph) dependent on class | 97-113 (60-70 mph) dependent on class (Motorways) 80-113 (50-70 mph), ditto (trunk Dual-carriageways) |
3–14 km/h(2-9 mph) dependent on limit and jurisdiction. Patrol officers use own discretion (normally 10% + 2 mph). | |
| United States | 40-72 (25-45 mph) | 88 (55 mph) | 105-129 (65-80 mph). 137 (85 mph) is allowed on one road in Texas | Restrictions only in few states, typically 10 mph lower. | 89-113 (55-70 mph) | States have jurisdiction over speed limits. Enforcement varies, from warning (e.g., Nebraska) to fines to jail (e.g., Wyoming above 100 mph). Typically, ~5 mph over in speed limit zones 50 and under and ~10 mph in zones 55 and over (highway speeds.) But can be as little as 1 mph. | |
| Venezuela | 60 | 80-120 | N/A | 40-60 | 60-120 | ||
| Vietnam | 50 ( 40) | 80 ( 60) | 80 ( 60) | 70 | 70 | ||
| Zimbabwe | 60 | 80-120 | 80-120 | 80 | 60-80 |
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