Speed limits — Kansas Permit Test

Speed limits on the Kansas permit test — 7 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

Unless otherwise posted, the maximum speed in any Kansas urban district is 30 mph.

A street with no sign in town is not a guess. Thirty is the number the law sets when nothing is posted.

Thirty (30) miles per hour in any urban district

Kansas Driving Handbook, p.16

Unless otherwise posted, the maximum Kansas speed on any separated multilane highway designated and posted by the Secretary of Transportation is 75 mph.

Seventy-five is the top of the scale in Kansas, and only a divided multilane road carries it.

Seventy-five (75) miles per hour on any separated, multilane highway as designated and posted by the Secretary of Transportation

Kansas Driving Handbook, p.16

Unless otherwise posted, the maximum Kansas speed on any state or federal highway is 65 mph.

A numbered highway is not an interstate. The limit drops by 10 when the road is not a separated multilane one.

Sixty-five (65) miles per hour on any State or Federal Highway

Kansas Driving Handbook, p.16

Unless otherwise posted, the maximum Kansas speed on any county or township road is 55 mph.

County roads are narrower and often gravel. The limit is lower because the road gives you less room to recover.

Fifty-five (55) miles per hour on any County or Township road

Kansas Driving Handbook, p.16

Unless otherwise posted, the maximum Kansas speed in a properly marked school zone is 20 mph.

Twenty is slow enough to stop for a child who steps out. That is the whole reason the number is so low.

20 mph -School Zone (when properly marked)

Kansas Driving Handbook, p.16

Unless otherwise posted, the maximum Kansas speed in a properly marked business district is 20 mph.

A business district puts parked cars, doors and people between you and the road. Twenty gives you room for what steps out.

20 mph -School Zone (when properly marked)

Kansas Driving Handbook, p.16

A Kansas school bus travels at the posted speed limit unless a school district policy sets something else.

The bus is not automatically slower than the traffic around it. The posted sign is the rule unless the district says otherwise.

The posted speed limit unless otherwise determined by school district policy.

Kansas Driving Handbook, p.16

On the test

What is the Kansas speed limit in an urban district unless otherwise posted?

30 mph. A street with no sign in town is not a guess. Thirty is the number the law sets when nothing is posted. Kansas Driving Handbook, p.16: “Thirty (30) miles per hour in any urban district”

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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.