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Question 5142

What is the purpose of speed limits?

  1. To ensure maximum safety and traffic flow.
  2. To ensure maximum traffic flow, even if it reduces safety.
  3. To ensure maximum safety, even if it reduces traffic flow.
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Correct answer: To ensure maximum safety and traffic flow.

Speed limits aim to keep traffic both safe and flowing smoothly. That is why there are maximum limits, so no one drives faster than the road allows, and minimum limits, so no one holds up others.

Reglamento General de Circulación · Centros de Gestión del Tráfico: los 'ojos' de la DGT