above the speed limit vs over the speed limit

Both 'above the speed limit' and 'over the speed limit' are correct and commonly used phrases in English. They are interchangeable and convey the same meaning.

Last updated: April 04, 2024 • 147 views

above the speed limit

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate a speed that is higher than the legal limit allowed for driving.

Examples:

He was driving above the speed limit and got a ticket.
Please make sure you don't go above the speed limit on the highway.

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We're always going above the speed limit.
I'm-a get in the mini-van, drive nine miles above the speed limit, and give our daughter the grounding of a lifetime.
I'm-a get in the mini-van, drive nine miles above the speed limit, and give our daughter the grounding of a lifetime.
After a while the police car stopped me, at which point I thought it was because I had inadvertently driven above the speed limit.
This is where the driver accelerates above the speed limit, then switches off the engine and glides to a speed below the limit.
Will the Commission consider whether to extend the mandatory use of speed limitation devices, for instance in vehicles whose top speed is well above the speed limit?
We're always going above the speed limit.

Alternatives:

over the speed limit
exceeding the speed limit
beyond the speed limit
faster than the speed limit
going too fast

over the speed limit

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate a speed that is higher than the legal limit allowed for driving.

Examples:

He was caught driving over the speed limit.
You should never drive over the speed limit.

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You was going about 15 miles per hour over the speed limit.
At least 4 1/2 miles over the speed limit.
You were driving 25 miles over the speed limit.
It's like 12 miles over the speed limit.
I was going a bit over the speed limit, I'll have to admit.
I'll put it to you this way, we're over the speed limit.
Just put the dog in the bag, place it over the engine block, and drive your usual 20 miles per hour over the speed limit.
Assuming a car, most people drive a little bit over the speed limit... a hundred miles?
In that case, the motorist would quickly slow down to the proper speed and nobody ever had to know that they had been driving 50 Kmph over the speed limit.
Using the formula for minimum skid speed, we determined he was driving roughly 55 miles per hour, which is ten miles over the speed limit.
"I guess we wouldn't want to break any rules," he said, drinking his beer as he drove the stolen Mercedes ridiculously over the speed limit, and, look, no hands!
Well over the speed limit.
That's 20 miles over the speed limit.
And he won't go one mile an hour over the speed limit.
You were driving 25 miles over the speed limit.
He wasn't driving erratically or over the speed limit.
They're going faster than I just over the speed limit.
You went over the speed limit.
Cody Dennis was going five miles over the speed limit just outside of Miners Valley - population 1,801.
Well, for starters, you're driving about 15 miles an hour over the speed limit.

Alternatives:

above the speed limit
exceeding the speed limit
beyond the speed limit
faster than the speed limit
going too fast

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