By North Carolina law, a moped's top speed may not exceed:
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A.
25 mph
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B.
35 mph
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C.
45 mph
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D.
30 mph Correct
The answer is "30 mph"
A moped's top speed is capped at 30 mph, and any moped sold with a higher top end is illegal to operate on North Carolina roads. Readers who pick 35 are pulling in the default city speed limit stated a few manual pages earlier, which is easy to mistake for the moped cap when both figures live in the same chapter.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. 25 mph
25 mph is below the legal cap. North Carolina law sets the ceiling for a moped's top speed at 30 mph. Carries over another state's 25 mph moped cap in place of the North Carolina figure.
B. 35 mph
35 mph is the default speed limit inside cities and towns, not the moped cap. This answer substitutes the default city-and-town speed for the moped cap, since both figures print in the same chapter.
C. 45 mph
45 mph is the school bus maximum, not the moped cap. This answer reuses the school bus maximum as if it applied to any low-power vehicle, a habit built from lumping slow vehicles together.
This question tests your knowledge of Sharing the Road in North Carolina. Source: North Carolina Driver Handbook, "Mopeds," p.93..
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