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Originally Posted by kidatari

In CA, they call it the 'CA Basic Speed Law' I believe. Basically, it's a catch-all that says that it is illegal to go faster than the road conditions warrant.

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d11/vc22350.htm

The nice thing about that law is that it's been used to justify going over the limit in the middle of nowhere... not that I would suggest breaking the speed limit with the idea that you can just cite the law and get out of it. But people have been clocked for speeding on an empty road in excellent conditions and won on the principle that, yes they were speeding, but they were also well below the speed that the conditions would safely allow.