California's posted speed limit isn't a hard rule #Shorts

Added: 2026-05-28

[00:00:00]California's 70-mph speed limit isn't actually a hard limit.

[00:00:04]California Vehicle Code Section [music] 22352, the basic speed law, makes posted speed limits a presumption, not an absolute.

[00:00:13]You can legally drive faster than 70 if you can prove your speed was reasonable and prudent for conditions.

[00:00:19]>> [music] >> This is the same legal mechanism Montana used between 1995 and 1998 before the Supreme Court struck it down as unconstitutionally vague.

[00:00:30]California survived because it uses Section 22350 as a backstop on top of hard numerical limits. Montana used it as the only law, same rule, different constitutional fate. Full breakdown on State Code it.