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You normally note the speed limits mentioned on highways (on straight roads without turns). Why?

A

The road law forces to write the speed limit

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B

Its is just a fashion

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C

On horizontal roads, speed limit has no meaning

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D

While overtaking one encounters sharp turns.

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Solution

The correct option is C While overtaking one encounters sharp turns.
When a vehicle overtakes the other it has to take a turn which is quite sharp. Hence speed limits are mentioned.

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