page_title: Speed limit
section_title: Maximum speed limit
hierarchical_section_title: Speed limit / Signage / Maximum speed limit
caption_attribution_description: English: Lépron-les-Vallées (Ardennes) city limit sign
context_page_description: Road speed limits are used in most countries to set the legal maximum or minimum speed at which road vehicles may travel on a given stretch of road. Speed limits are generally indicated on a traffic sign reflecting the maximum or minimum permitted expressed as kilometres per hour and/or miles per hour. Speed limits are commonly set by the legislative bodies of national or provincial governments and enforced by national or regional police and judicial authorities. Speed limits may also be variable, or in some places unlimited, such as on most of the Autobahn in Germany.
  The first numeric speed limit for automobiles was the 10 mph limit introduced in the United Kingdom in 1861.
  The highest posted speed limit in the world is 160 km/h, which applies to two motorways in the UAE. Although speed limit and safety distance are poorly enforced in this country specifically on the Abu Dhabi to Dubai motorway resulting in dangerous traffic according to a French government travel advisory, while "drivers often drive at high speeds. Unsafe driving practices are common, especially on inter-city highways.
context_section_description: Some speed limits are applicable to a zone.
caption: In France towns and city signs imply the speed limit of an urban road, by application of the Vienna Convention. For this reason the 50 sign on the picture is just a rappel
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