When you are driving the speed limit, you can be given a speeding ticket:
- If road or weather conditions require a slower speed. ✓
- Under no circumstances because it is always legal.
- Only if you are approaching a sharp curve in the road.
Answer: A. If road or weather conditions require a slower speed.
You can get a speeding ticket even when you are driving the posted speed limit if road or weather conditions require a slower speed.
Why this is the answer
The handbook's Basic Speed Law says you may never drive faster than is safe for the road as it is right now. The posted limit does not override that rule: when rain, fog, traffic, road surface, or other conditions call for a lower speed, you must slow down even if you are already at the limit. The handbook also says you may be cited if you drive faster or slower than the speed limit, so matching the number is not enough when conditions demand less.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Under no circumstances because it is always legal. — The posted speed limit is not an automatic legal shield, because the handbook says your speed must still fit the current conditions and you may be cited for driving faster or slower than the limit.
- C. Only if you are approaching a sharp curve in the road. — A sharp curve is only one possible condition; the handbook lists many conditions such as weather, road surface, traffic, and pedestrians that can require a slower speed, not just curves.
Remember it
Treat the posted speed limit as a maximum, not a target: current conditions can make a lower speed the safe and legal one.