Colorado
For Colorado, threshold over the posted limit is twenty-five or more miles per hour in excess of the reasonable and prudent speed or in excess of the maximum lawful speed limit of seventy-five miles per hour; offense classification is class 2 misdemeanor traffic offense; statute is C.R.S. § 42-4-1101(12)(b) — Speed limits, verified against its source on 2026-08-20.
- State
- Colorado our reading
- Threshold over the posted limit
- twenty-five or more miles per hour in excess of the reasonable and prudent speed or in excess of the maximum lawful speed limit of seventy-five miles per hour verified
- Offense classification
- class 2 misdemeanor traffic offense verified
- Statute
- C.R.S. § 42-4-1101(12)(b) — Speed limits verified
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What the source says
(b) A violation of driving twenty-five or more miles per hour in excess of the reasonable and prudent speed or in excess of the maximum lawful speed limit of seventy-five miles per hour is a class 2 misdemeanor traffic offense;
— codes.findlaw.com, retrieved 2026-08-20
Source
- codes.findlaw.comhttps://codes.findlaw.com/co/title-42-vehicles-and-traffic/co-rev-st-sect-42-4-1101.html