What are the Legal Speed Limits?
return to Index MN Statute 169.14 click here for Mn Statute Text Minnesota’s speed regulations are based on the same Basic Speed Law that is used in all 50 states: “No person shall drive a vehicle upon a highway at a speed greater than is reasonable or prudent having due regard for weather, visibility, the traffic on, and in no event at a speed which endangers the safety of persons or property.” Speed laws are created for the protection of the public and the curbing of unreasonable behavior. To effectively enforce a law, the public must believe that the law is reasonable. Statutory limits are based on the concept that uniform categories of highways can operate safely at certain preset maximum speeds under ideal conditions. Whether the speed limit is posted or unposted, drivers are required to reduce speed below these values for poor weather conditions, curves or hills and potential hazards such as pedestrians.
