Practice limits and how to adjust your speed, with questions based on the What Every Driver Must Know (SOS-133).
55 mph
The standard freeway range is a 70 mph maximum and a 55 mph minimum.
Source: What Every Driver Must Know (SOS-133, Rev. 10/2025), Chapter 4, Speed limits, p. 26
25 mph
The standard limit in platted subdivisions and condominium complexes is 25 mph.
Source: What Every Driver Must Know (SOS-133, Rev. 10/2025), Chapter 4, Speed limits, p. 26
A careful speed that lets you stop within the clear distance ahead
Your speed can never be above the posted limit, and conditions may call for going slower than it.
Source: What Every Driver Must Know (SOS-133, Rev. 10/2025), Chapter 4, Speed limits, p. 26
They are doubled
All moving violation fines double in work zones, and speeding there adds extra points as well.
Source: What Every Driver Must Know (SOS-133, Rev. 10/2025), Chapter 4, Construction zones, pp. 26-27
Where workers are present
The normal limit returns when workers are absent, but you still need to watch for them and slow down where they are.
Source: What Every Driver Must Know (SOS-133, Rev. 10/2025), Chapter 4, Construction zones, pp. 26-27
55 mph
With no other limit posted, 55 mph applies on streets and highways that aren't designated freeways.
Source: What Every Driver Must Know (SOS-133, Rev. 10/2025), Chapter 4, Speed limits, p. 26
65 mph
Trucks and school buses are held to 65 mph. On freeways with limits under 70 mph, they are held to 55 mph.
Source: What Every Driver Must Know (SOS-133, Rev. 10/2025), Chapter 4, Speed limits, p. 26
25 mph
Under this law, a school zone limit may be up to 20 mph less than the normal posted limit, but not below 25 mph.
70 mph
Freeways have a 70 mph maximum unless signs show something else.
Source: What Every Driver Must Know (SOS-133, Rev. 10/2025), Chapter 4, Speed limits, p. 26
Four
Outside a work zone, 16 mph or more over the limit is a four-point violation. 11 to 15 mph over is three.
Source: What Every Driver Must Know (SOS-133, Rev. 10/2025), Chapter 2, Michigan's point system, pp. 13-14
We wrote these practice questions from the facts in the What Every Driver Must Know (SOS-133) (Revised October 2025 edition) and from official sources on road signs. Every answer links to its source, so you can check it and read more.
DMV Decoded is an independent guide, not a government agency. This practice test is not connected to the Michigan Department of State (Secretary of State), and your actual test will have different questions. Study the handbook, and check the agency's website for current rules.