Systems and methods for a materials handling vehicle configured to navigate along a warehouse environment inventory transit surface, the vehicle including control architecture in communication with a drive mechanism, a materials handling mechanism, a restricted zone sensing subsystem is configured to provide an indication of whether the materials handling vehicle is in a restricted operation zone, and an operation control processor configured to prompt a vehicle operator to reduce an operation of the materials handling vehicle to under an operation limit when the materials handling vehicle speed is approaching or in the restricted operation zone, determine whether the operation is under the operation limit in the restricted operation zone, and apply an operation cap to limit a maximum operation value of the materials handling vehicle to a magnitude that is at or below the operation limit when the operation control processor has determined that the operation is under the operation limit in the restricted operation zone.