Minimum speed — Kansas Permit Test

Minimum speed on the Kansas permit test — 2 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

Where a minimum speed limit is posted in Kansas, any speed below it is unlawful under normal weather, road and traffic conditions.

Driving too slowly makes other drivers pass when they should not. A posted minimum is as binding as a maximum.

Minimum speed limits may also be set on some roadways. Where they are posted, any speed below that is considered unlawful under normal weather, road and traffic conditions.

Kansas Driving Handbook, p.16

Even where no minimum speed is posted in Kansas, it is unlawful to drive so slowly as to impede or block the normal movement of traffic, except when necessary for safe operation under the basic speed law.

Crawling along creates a hazard behind you. The exception covers slowing for real danger, not for indecision.

The exception is when it is necessary for safe operation in compliance with the basic speed law.

Kansas Driving Handbook, p.16

On the test

What does a posted minimum speed limit mean in Kansas?

Any speed below it is unlawful in normal conditions. Driving too slowly makes other drivers pass when they should not. A posted minimum is as binding as a maximum. Kansas Driving Handbook, p.16: “Minimum speed limits may also be set on some roadways. Where they are posted, any speed below that is considered unlawful under normal weather, road and traffic conditions.”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against Kansas Driving Handbook, published by the Kansas Department of Revenue, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.