According to the Texas manual, which kinds of posted speed limits must drivers obey?
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A.
Only signs posted inside cities and towns.
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B.
Both minimum and maximum posted limits. Correct
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C.
Only the limit posted on numbered highways.
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D.
Only signs that show a maximum in mph.
The answer is "Both minimum and maximum posted limits."
The manual's Speed Limits section opens by requiring drivers to obey posted minimum AND maximum limits. Choice D tempts drivers who think of a speed limit only as a ceiling; those drivers have never noticed the separate minimum-speed signs Texas posts on some higher-speed highways to keep traffic moving.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Only signs posted inside cities and towns.
Narrows the rule to municipal roads; the manual makes no such geographic split. Applied a memory that speed rules only apply on city streets and treated highways as unregulated.
C. Only the limit posted on numbered highways.
Narrows the rule to route-numbered roads; local streets carry posted limits too. Treated the highway table row as the only speed rule and skipped the general obey-both-limits sentence.
D. Only signs that show a maximum in mph.
Leaves out the minimum-speed signs the manual specifically includes in the rule. Treated every speed sign as a ceiling and never learned that some highways carry a required minimum.
This question tests your knowledge of Speed Limits in Texas. Source: Texas Driver Manual, "Chapter 8: Speed and Speed Limits - Speed Limits," p.46..
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