// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did speed limits in Mexico say to each other? "Let's pace ourselves.
The first maximum speed law for Mexico was created in 1903 by then president Porfirio Díaz.[1] It established a maximum of 10 km/h (6 mph) for small and crowded streets, and 40 km/h (25 mph) elsewhere.
Current speed limits are:
- 10 km/h (6 mph) in parking lots and residential areas.
- 60 km/h (37 mph) in streets with no speed limit.
- 60–80 km/h (37–50 mph) on urban arterial roads (ejes, calzadas, beltways and freeways).
- 80 km/h (50 mph) in avenues with no speed limit.
- 70–90 km/h (43–56 mph) on rural two-lane roads.
- 90 km/h (56 mph) on two-lane highways.
- 90–100 km/h (56–62 mph) on major highways inside cities.
- 100 km/h (62 mph) on major highways leaving or approaching towns or cities.
- 110 km/h (68 mph) on major highways.
No Mexican highway allows going beyond 110 km/h,[2] but the speed limit is enforced generally above 130 km/h (81 mph) only.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Inicia la era del automóvil". El Universal (in Spanish). 2016-08-13. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
- ↑ Borchowsky, Estevan Vázquez (2018-02-17). "Así son los límites de velocidad en el mundo". Motorpasión México (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-27.