Sentence examples for permitted speed from inspiring English sources

Video footage shows Garzón's train hurtled into the bend where the accident took place at more than twice the permitted speed of 80km/h.

The driver of the train, Stanley Martin, had been driving at the permitted speed for the stretch of line and there was no blame attached to him, the report said.

He was told he was travelling at more than three times the limit for the area, although he said he had not seen any signs informing cyclists of the permitted speed.

The concept of that system is basic: information is electronically transmitted from the track to the train to an onboard computer that calculates the maximum permitted speed and that can automatically slow a train.

The driver, Francisco José Garzón Amo, had answered a ticket inspector's call on his cellphone and was traveling at a permitted speed of 199 kilometers per hour, or 123 miles per hour, before the train switched to another track in a reduced-speed zone.

Ship companies, port authorities, pilot associations, the Navy and even operators of whale watch tours have opposed the rule, saying that the permitted speed would be too low for safe steerage, that foreign vessels cannot be forced to follow American speed limits or that the restriction would cost too much.

The burdened Rhine valley lines and the difficult routes through Hessen were augmented by a superbly engineered (and extremely expensive) high-speed track that permitted speeds up to 155 miles (250 km) per hour.

This is the longest rail service in the country, and customers were dissatisfied with the comfort of the Class 93, despite the higher permitted speeds.

We will not permit speed cameras to be used as revenue-raisers for local authorities.

For instance, 24 miles of State Route 17 in Orange County and 26 miles of that same road in Broome and Delaware Counties will now permit speeds of 65 m.p.h.

Despite these alarming statistics, efforts to repeal or weaken automated enforcement programs and to increase speed limits prevail across the country". Currently, 41 states permit speeds of 70 mph or higher, and Texas allows speeds up to 85 mph on some roadways, she said.