Connecticut permit test: speed limits & control
Posted and basic speed laws, statutory limits and adjusting speed to conditions. 5 questions.
You are driving at the posted speed limit in heavy fog. Can you get a ticket for speeding?
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Sample speed limits & control questions
You are driving at the posted speed limit in heavy fog. Can you get a ticket for speeding?
- A Yes, for driving too fast for conditions
- B No, the posted limit is always legal
- C Only on highways
- D Only if you also cause a crash because of it
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A. Yes, for driving too fast for conditions
Speed limits are set for ideal conditions. Even at the posted limit, you can get a ticket for driving too fast for road conditions such as rain, ice, fog or heavy traffic.
On dry pavement, about how much distance can it take to react and stop from 50 mph?
- A About 400 feet
- B About 100 feet
- C About 200 feet
- D About 1,000 feet
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A. About 400 feet
At 50 mph it can take about 400 feet, roughly a city block, to react and stop, and about 200 feet at 30 mph. If you cannot see 400 feet ahead, 50 mph may be too fast.
You use the four-second sight-distance rule and reach the object you picked before you finish counting four. What does that mean?
- A You are following too closely
- B You are driving at a safe speed
- C You are driving too fast for your sight distance
- D You should speed up to keep pace with traffic around you
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C. You are driving too fast for your sight distance
Pick a fixed object as far ahead as you can clearly see and count four seconds. If you reach it before you finish, slow down, because you cannot stop within the distance you can see.
On a Connecticut road other than a multiple-lane, limited-access highway, what is the highest speed state law ever allows?
- A 50 mph
- B 60 mph
- C 65 mph
- D 55 mph
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D. 55 mph
Connecticut law makes it speeding to drive faster than 55 mph on any highway other than a multiple-lane, limited-access highway where a higher limit has been set. Always obey a lower posted limit, and slow down further when conditions call for it.