safe speed
Reasonable travel pace
Safe speed is the velocity at which a vehicle, vessel, or person can travel while maintaining adequate control and reaction time for conditions.
Maritime and traffic law require operators to proceed at a safe speed given visibility, traffic density, and weather: The captain reduced to safe speed when fog rolled in.
What constitutes safe speed varies with circumstances—a speed safe on dry pavement may be reckless on ice.
- cautiousCareful to avoid risk
- prudentExercising sound judgment
- limitMaximum allowed extent
- slowLacking in speed
- slow downReduce pace or speed
steady · crawl · careful · controlled · moderate · cruise · braking · distance · hazard · visibility · road conditions · conditions · wet pavement · weather · school zone · school crossing · residential · curve
- speedsterminal velocity, escape velocity, orbital velocity, supersonic, subsonic
- navigation rulescollision avoidance, give way, right of way, rule of the road, lookout
safe speedbreakneck speed
Dangerously rapid velocity
excessive speed · speeding · careening · tearing along · racing
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