speed limit

speed

is a law that provides the sole means of support for many small-town police departments.

a law that provides the sole means of support for many small-town police departments.

going... Richard E. Turner (1937'2011), The Grammar Curmudgeon, a.k.a. The Mudge, from The Curmudgeon's Short Dictionary of Modern Phrases, c.2009

is the velocity one must exceed by approximately 10 mph on a major highway or risk being run off the road.

The velocity one must exceed by approximately 10 mph on a major highway or risk being run off the road.

is, legally the maximum, socially the minimum.

Legally, speed limits are the maximum. Socially, speed limits are the minimum.

is just an extremely short work of numeric fiction.

The locals treat the speed limits as short works of numeric fiction.