So we break the law every time we exceed 40kph while driving in the city!!



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http://www.lto.gov.ph/traffic2.html


SPEED LIMIT

Any person driving a motor vehicle on a highway shall drive the same at careful and prudent speed, not greater nor less than what is reasonable and proper, having due regard for the traffic, the width of the highway and any other condition then and there existing, and no person shall drive any motor vehicle upon a highway at such speed as to endanger the life, limb and property of any person, nor at a speed greater than will permit him to bring the vehicle to stop within the assured clear distance ahead.

PRESCRIBED RATE OF SPEED AS PER SECTION 35 OF REPUBLIC ACT 4136 KNOWN AS THE LAND TRANSPORTATION & TRAFFIC CODE:


On open country roads with no "Blind Corners" not closely bordered by habitations.
80 km/hour (passenger cars & motorcycles) 50 km/hour (trucks and buses)


On "Through Streets" or Boulevards, clear of traffic with no "Blind Corners", when so designated.
40 km/hour (passenger cars & motorcycles) 30 km/hour (trucks and buses)


On city and municipal streets with light traffic, when not designated "Through Streets".
30 km/hour (passenger cars & motorcycles) 30 km/hour (trucks and buses)


Through crowded streets approaching intersections at "Blind Corners", passing school zones, passing other vehicles which are stationary or for similar dangerous circumstances.
30 km/hour (passenger cars & motorcycles) 20 km/hour (trucks and buses)