Ohio Speed Laws

    • 20 M.P.H. in school zones during school recess, lunch and while children are going to or leaving schoolduring the opening or closing hours (20 M.P.H. speed limit signs must be in place)

    • 25 M.P.H .in all other portions of a municipal corporation, except on state routes outside business districts, through highways outside business districts, and alleys

    • 35 M.P.H. on all state routes or through highways within municipal corporations outside business districts, with some exceptions

    • 50 M.P.H. on controlled-access highways and expressways within municipal corporations

    • 55 M.P.H. on highways outside municipal corporations, other than highways within island jurisdictions, with some exceptions

    • 55 M.P.H. on state routes within municipal corporations outside urban districts unless a lower prima-facie speed is established

    • 15 M.P.H. on all alleys within the municipal corporation

    • 35 M.P.H. on highways outside municipal corporations that are within an island jurisdiction

    • 55 M.P.H. at all times on freeways with paved shoulders inside municipal corporations, with some exceptions

    • 55 M.P.H. at all times on freeways outside municipal corporations, other than freeways as provided in division (B)(13) of this section

    • 55 M.P.H. at all times on all portions of freeways that are part of the interstate system and on all portions of freeways that are not part of the interstate system, but are built to the standards and specifications that are applicable to freeways that are part of the interstate system for operators of any motor vehicle weighing in excess of eight thousand pounds empty weight and any non-commercial bus

    • 55 M.P.H. for operators of any motor vehicle weighing eight thousand pounds or less empty weight and any commercial bus at all times on all portions of freeways that are part of the interstate system and that had such a speed limit established prior to October 1, 1995, and freeways that are not part of the interstate system, but are built to the standards and specifications that are applicable to freeways that are part of the interstate system and that had such a speed limit established prior to October 1, 1995, unless a higher speed limit is established under some exceptions

    • 65 M.P.H. for operators of any motor vehicle weighing eight thousand pounds or less empty weight and any commercial bus at all times on all portions of the following:

      • Freeways that are part of the interstate system and that had such a speed limit established prior to October 1, 1995, and freeways that are not part of the interstate system, but are built to the standards and specifications that are applicable to freeways that are part of the interstate system and that had such a speed limit established prior to October 1, 1995

      • Freeways that are part of the interstate system and freeways that are not part of the interstate system but are built to the standards and specifications that are applicable to freeways that are part of the interstate system, and that had such a speed limit established under other legal exceptions

      • Rural, divided, multi-lane highways that are designated as part of the national highway system under the "National Highway System Designation Act of 1995," 109 Stat. 568, 23 U.S.C.A. 103, and that had such a speed limit established under other legal exceptions

      Attorney Dan Weisenburger is a Traffic Ticket lawyer in Ravenna, Ohio that handles commercial speed cases for non-Ohio drivers, holding a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL), who have been charged with Speeding offenses in Portage County, Ohio and have cases scheduled for citations in Ravenna Municipal Court in Ravenna or Kent Municipal Court in Kent.

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