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Re:Did your car witness a crime? Bay Area police may be comi... by laweijfmvo on Saturday August 31, 2024 @05:04PM (#41411962)
From what I remember of my CA driver’s license test (had to re-take the written test when I moved to CA), there is no actual speed limit in CA. The speed limit is “whatever conditions deem safe”.

Maybe OP meant something like that?

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Re:Did your car witness a crime? Bay Area police may be comi... by acdha on Saturday August 31, 2024 @08:17PM (#41413060)
You might want to review the handbook again. What you’re referring to is the basic speed law, which never trumps the absolute speed limits posted (or the special restrictions like the 15 mph railroad track law). Think of it as a clamped function: the speed limit is min(posted limit, safe speed under current conditions).
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Re:Did your car witness a crime? Bay Area police may be comi... by aduffy on Saturday August 31, 2024 @06:03PM (#41412366)
As someone who got their first drivers license in California, I can say with certainty that there are in fact speed limits.
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Re:Did your car witness a crime? Bay Area police may be comi... by kelnos on Sunday September 01, 2024 @04:20AM (#41415191)
No, that's not true (CA driver here too). The "whatever conditions deem safe" bit is something that can reduce the legal speed below the posted speed limit. It can never raise it above the posted limit.

Even with no posted speed limit, there is an implicit limit in CA (differs based on the type of road and surrounding locale), and "conditions" can again only reduce that.

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