State | Speed limit | Min. age for drivers license | Gas tax
(cents per gallon) | Sales tax (percent) |
Alabama | R & P | 16 | 6 | ½ | Arizona | 60 | 18 | 5 | 2 | Arkansas | 55 | 18 | 6½ | 2 | California | 55 | 16 | 4½ | 2½ | Colorado | 60 | 16 | 6 | 2 | Connecticut | 40 | 16 | 4 | 3 | Delaware | 55 | 16 | 4 | none | D.C. | 25 | 18 | 4 | 2 | Florida | R & P | 16 | 7 | none | Georgia | 55 | 15 | 6 | none | Idaho | R & P | 16 | 6 | none | Illinois | R & P | 15 | 3 | 2 | Indiana | R & P | 16 | 3 | none | Iowa | R & P | 16 | 4 | 2 | Kansas | R & P | 16 | 5 | 2 | Kentucky | 45 | 18 | 7 | 3 | Louisiana | R & P | 15 | 9 | 1 | Maine | 45 | 15 | 6 | Excise | Maryland | 50 | 16 | 5 | 2 | Mass. | R & P | 16 | 3 | Excise | Michigan | R & P | 16 | 3 | 3 | Minn. | 60 | 15 | 5 | none | Miss. | 55 | 17 | 6 | 1 | Missouri | R & P | 16 | 2 | 2 | Montana | 50 | 15 | 6 | none | Nebraska | 60 | 16 | 5 | none | Nevada | R & P | 16 | 5½ | none | New Hampshire | R & P | 16 | 4 | none | New Jersey | 45 | 17 | 3 | none | New Mexico | R & P | 14 | 7 | 1 | New York | 50 | 18 | 4 | none | North Carolina | 55 | 16 | 7 | 3 | North Dakota | 50 | 16 | 6 | 2 | Ohio | 50 | 16 | 4 | 3 | Oklahoma | R & P | 16 | 5½ | 2 | Oregon | 55 | 16 | 6 | none | Penn. | 50 | 18 | 5 | none | Rhode Island | Zone | 16 | 4 | 1 | South Carolina | 55 | 14 | 6 | none | South Dakota | 60 | 15 | 4 | 2 | Tennessee | 50 | 16 | 7 | 2 | Texas | 60 | 16 | 4 | 1 | Utah | 60 | 16 | 4 | 2 | Vermont | 50 | 18 | 4½ | none | Virginia | 50 | 15 | 6 | none | Washington | 50 | 16 | 6½ | 3 | West Virginia | 50 | 16 | 5 | none | Wisconsin | R & P | 16 | 4 | none | Wyoming | 60 | 15 | 4 | 2 |