Every time the police stop someone for speeding on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, they walk a fine line between the central and state government's contradictory rules. Recently, the Centre issued a notification increasing the speed limit on the expressway to 120 kmph. However, the state government is not up to speed on this yet, and signboards along the highway still declare 80 kmph as the official speed limit. This ambiguity is the reason the police and motorists now have daily arguments on this stretch.

In a recent notification, the Union ministry of road transport and highways, headed by Nitin Gadkari, announced that the speed limit for vehicles on expressways has been increased to 120 kmph. However, Maharashtra has not made any changes to its existing policy limiting E-way traffic to 80 kmph. Neither has the state issued any notification to clarify whether citizens should follow the Centre's order or continue with the existing speed limit.