California Permit Test: Speed Limits Practice Questions

Correct answer: Never drive faster than is safe for current conditions

The Basic Speed Law means you may never drive faster than is safe for the road conditions, whatever the posted limit.

Source: Section 8: Safe Driving – Manage Your Speed

Correct answer: 65 mph

Unless otherwise posted, the maximum speed limit on most California highways is 65 mph.

Source: Section 8: Safe Driving – Manage Your Speed

Correct answer: 55 mph

The limit on a two-lane undivided highway is 55 mph unless a sign shows otherwise.

Source: Section 8: Safe Driving – Manage Your Speed

Correct answer: 55 mph

Vehicles towing trailers are limited to 55 mph.

Source: Section 8: Safe Driving – Manage Your Speed

Correct answer: 25 mph

Near schools the limit is 25 mph while children are outside or crossing; some school zones post limits as low as 15 mph.

Source: Section 7: Laws and Rules of the Road – Speed Limits in Specific Areas

Correct answer: 15 mph

An intersection with no stop signs at any corner and a blocked view is blind; its speed limit is 15 mph.

Source: Section 7: Laws and Rules of the Road – Speed Limits in Specific Areas

Correct answer: 15 mph

Alleys, roads no wider than 25 feet used to reach the back or side of buildings, have a 15 mph limit.

Source: Section 7: Laws and Rules of the Road – Speed Limits in Specific Areas

Correct answer: Within 100 feet of it when you can't see 400 feet down the tracks both ways

The 15 mph limit applies within 100 feet of a crossing when your view of the tracks is less than 400 feet each way, unless the crossing has gates, signals, or a flagger.

Source: Section 7: Laws and Rules of the Road – Speed Limits in Specific Areas

Correct answer: 25 mph

The default limit in business and residential districts is 25 mph.

Source: Section 7: Laws and Rules of the Road – Speed Limits in Specific Areas

Correct answer: 30 mph

When visibility is 100 feet or less, it is not safe to drive faster than 30 mph.

Source: Section 8: Safe Driving – Slippery Roads

Correct answer: By 5 to 10 mph

On wet roads, slow down by 5 to 10 mph; on packed snow, cut speed in half; on ice, go no faster than 5 mph.

Source: Section 8: Safe Driving – Slippery Roads

Correct answer: Reduce it by half

Packed snow calls for cutting your speed in half.

Source: Section 8: Safe Driving – Slippery Roads

Correct answer: 5 mph

On ice, reduce your speed to no more than 5 mph.

Source: Section 8: Safe Driving – Slippery Roads

Correct answer: Yes, if you block the normal and reasonable flow of traffic

You must slow down for heavy traffic or bad weather, but driving so slowly that you block normal traffic flow can get you cited.

Source: Section 7: Laws and Rules of the Road – Heavy Traffic or Bad Weather

Correct answer: 10 mph

When a bus, streetcar, or trolley is stopped at a safety zone or traffic light, you may pass at no more than 10 mph.

Source: Section 7: Laws and Rules of the Road – Buses, Streetcars, Trolleys