Unless a road sign tells you otherwise, the speed limit outside cities and towns is

1. 70 km per hour.
2. 50 km per hour.
3. 100 km per hour.
4. 80 km per hour. ✓

Answer: D. 80 km per hour.

Outside cities and towns, the default speed limit is 80 km per hour unless a sign says otherwise.

Why this is the answer

The handbook's speed-limit list gives 50 km/h for roads within cities and towns and 80 km/h for roads outside them. Since the question asks for the default outside cities and towns, the listed 80 km/h figure applies. The same passage also explains that a posted limit is a maximum for ideal conditions, so a rider may need to go slower when roads are slippery or visibility is poor, but that does not change the default limit asked about here.

Why the other answers are wrong

• A. 70 km per hour. — The handbook lists 80 km/h as the default outside cities and towns, not 70 km/h.
• B. 50 km per hour. — The 50 km/h figure applies within cities and towns, not outside them.
• C. 100 km per hour. — The handbook does not give 100 km/h as the default outside cities and towns; it lists 80 km/h.

Remember it

Pair the town limit with 50 and the outside-town limit with 80.