Massachusetts speed limits practice questions
2 questions below test Massachusetts’s own speed limits law, each with the statute or Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles handbook section it came from.
The Massachusetts permit knowledge test has 25 questions in total and needs 18 correct (72%) to pass.
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2 questions on Massachusetts’s own speed limits rules
These differ from the rules that hold nationally — they are the ones that catch out drivers who studied another state’s handbook.
1. Inside a Massachusetts school zone established under state law, speeds exceeding which rate are prima facie unreasonable?
- A30 mph
- B15 mph
- 20 mph
- D25 mph
Answer: 20 mph. M.G.L. c.90 §17 treats operation within a school zone established under c.85 §2 at a rate exceeding twenty miles per hour as prima facie evidence of a rate of speed greater than is reasonable and proper.
Source: Massachusetts General Laws — c.90 §17
2. Inside a Massachusetts thickly settled or business district, speeds exceeding which rate for one-eighth of a mile are prima facie unreasonable?
- 30 mph
- B40 mph
- C20 mph
- D25 mph
Answer: 30 mph. M.G.L. c.90 §17 treats operation inside a thickly settled or business district at a rate exceeding thirty miles per hour for a distance of one-eighth of a mile as prima facie evidence of unreasonable speed.
Source: Massachusetts General Laws — c.90 §17
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