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The following are the speed related California Vehicle Code
sections:
SECTIONS 22348-22366 and SECTIONS 22400-22413
22348. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section
22351, a person shall not drive a vehicle upon a highway
with a speed limit established pursuant to Section 22349 or
22356 at a speed greater than that speed limit.
(b) A person who drives a vehicle upon a highway at a speed
greater than 100 miles per hour is guilty of an infraction
punishable, as follows:
(1) Upon a first conviction of a violation of this subdivision,
by a fine of not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500). The
court may also suspend the privilege of the person to
operate a motor vehicle for a period not to exceed 30 days
pursuant to Section 13200.5.
(2) Upon a conviction under this subdivision of an offense
that occurred within three years of a prior offense resulting
in a conviction of an offense under this subdivision, by a fine
of not to exceed seven hundred fifty dollars ($750). The
person's privilege to operate a motor vehicle shall be
suspended by the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to
subdivision (a) of Section 13355.
(3) Upon a conviction under this subdivision of an offense
that occurred within five years of two or more prior offenses
resulting in convictions of offenses under this subdivision, by
a fine of not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). The
person's privilege to operate a motor vehicle shall be
suspended by the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to
subdivision (b) of Section 13355.
(c) A vehicle subject to Section 22406 shall be driven in a
lane designated pursuant to Section 21655, or if a lane has
not been so designated, in the right-hand lane for traffic or
as close as practicable to the right-hand edge or curb.
When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in
the same direction, the driver shall use either the
designated lane, the lane to the immediate left of the right-
hand lane, or the right-hand lane for traffic as permitted
under this code. If, however, specific lane or lanes have not
been designated on a divided highway having four or more
clearly marked lanes for traffic in one direction, a vehicle
may also be driven in the lane to the immediate left of the
right-hand lane, unless otherwise prohibited under this
code. This subdivision does not apply to a driver who is
preparing for a left- or right-hand turn or who is in the
process of entering into or exiting from a highway or to a
driver who is required necessarily to drive in a lane other
than the right-hand lane to continue on his or her intended
route.
22349. (a) Except as provided in Section 22356, no person
may drive a vehicle upon a highway at a speed greater than
65 miles per hour.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person
may drive a vehicle upon a two-lane, undivided highway at
a speed greater than 55 miles per hour unless that highway,
or portion thereof, has been posted for a higher speed by
the Department of Transportation or appropriate local
agency upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey.
For purposes of this subdivision, the following apply:
(1) A two-lane, undivided highway is a highway with not
more than one through lane of travel in each direction.
(2) Passing lanes may not be considered when determining
the number of through lanes.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that there be
reasonable signing on affected two-lane, undivided highways
described in subdivision (b) in continuing the 55 miles-per-
hour speed limit, including placing signs at county
boundaries to the extent possible, and at other appropriate
locations.
22350. No person shall drive a vehicle upon a highway at a
speed greater than is reasonable or prudent having due
regard for weather, visibility, the traffic on, and the surface
and width of, the highway, and in no event at a speed which
endangers the safety of persons or property.
22351. (a) The speed of any vehicle upon a highway not in
excess of the limits specified in Section 22352 or established
as authorized in this code is lawful unless clearly proved to
be in violation of the basic speed law.
(b) The speed of any vehicle upon a highway in excess of
the prima facie speed limits in Section 22352 or established
as authorized in this code is prima facie unlawful unless the
defendant establishes by competent evidence that the speed
in excess of said limits did not constitute a violation of the
basic speed law at the time, place and under the conditions
then existing.
22352. (a) The prima facie limits are as follows and shall be
applicable unless changed as authorized in this code and, if
so changed, only when signs have been erected giving
notice thereof:
(1) Fifteen miles per hour:
(A) When traversing a railway grade crossing, if during the
last
100 feet of the approach to the crossing the driver does not
have a clear and unobstructed view of the crossing and of
any traffic on the railway for a distance of 400 feet in both
directions along the railway. This subdivision does not apply
in the case of any railway grade crossing where a human
flagman is on duty or a clearly visible electrical or
mechanical railway crossing signal device is installed but
does not then indicate the immediate approach of a railway
train or car.
(B) When traversing any intersection of highways if during
the last 100 feet of the driver's approach to the intersection
the driver does not have a clear and unobstructed view of
the intersection and of any traffic upon all of the highways
entering the intersection for a distance of 100 feet along all
those highways, except at an intersection protected by stop
signs or yield right-of-way signs or controlled by official
traffic control signals.
(C) On any alley.
(2) Twenty-five miles per hour:
(A) On any highway other than a state highway, in any
business or residence district unless a different speed is
determined by local authority under procedures set forth in
this code.
(B) When approaching or passing a school building or the
grounds thereof, contiguous to a highway and posted with a
standard "SCHOOL" warning sign, while children are going
to or leaving the school either during school hours or during
the noon recess period. The prima facie limit shall also
apply when approaching or passing any school grounds
which are not separated from the highway by a fence, gate,
or other physical barrier while the grounds are in use by
children and the highway is posted with a standard
"SCHOOL" warning sign. For purposes of this subparagraph,
standard "SCHOOL" warning signs may be placed at any
distance up to 500 feet away from school grounds.
(C) When passing a senior center or other facility primarily
used by senior citizens, contiguous to a street other than a
state highway and posted with a standard "SENIOR" warning
sign. A local authority is not required to erect any sign
pursuant to this paragraph until donations from private
sources covering those costs are received and the local
agency makes a determination that the proposed signing
should be implemented. A local authority may, however,
utilize any other funds available to it to pay for the erection
of those signs.
(b) This section shall become operative on March 1, 2001.
22353. When conducting an engineering and traffic survey,
the City of Norco, in addition to the factors set forth in
Section 627, may also consider equestrian safety.
22354. (a) Whenever the Department of Transportation
determines upon the basis of an engineering and traffic
survey that the limit of 65 miles per hour is more than is
reasonable or safe upon any portion of a state highway
where the limit of 65 miles is applicable, the department
may determine and declare a prima facie speed limit of 60,
55, 50, 45, 40, 35, 30 or 25 miles per hour, whichever is
found most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of
traffic and is reasonable and safe, which declared prima
facie speed limit shall be effective when appropriate signs
giving notice thereof are erected upon the highway.
(b) This section shall become operative on the date specified
in subdivision (c) of Section 22366.
22354.5. (a) Whenever the Department of Transportation
determines, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic
survey, to increase or decrease the existing speed limit on a
particular portion of a state highway pursuant to Section
22354, it shall, prior to increasing or decreasing that speed
limit, consult with, and take into consideration the
recommendations of, the Department of the California
Highway Patrol.
(b) The city council or board of supervisors of a city or
county through which any portion of a state highway subject
to subdivision (a) extends may conduct a public hearing on
the proposed increase or decrease at a convenient location
as near as possible to that portion of state highway. The
Department of Transportation shall take into consideration
the results of the public hearing in determining whether to
increase or decrease the speed limit.
22355. Whenever the Department of Transportation
determines upon the basis of an engineering and traffic
survey that the safe and orderly movement of traffic upon
any state highway which is a freeway will be facilitated by
the establishment of variable speed limits, the department
may erect, regulate, and control signs upon the state
highway which is a freeway, or any portion thereof, which
signs shall be so designed as to permit display of different
speed limits at various times of the day or night. Such signs
need not conform to the standards and specifications
established by regulations of the Department of
Transportation pursuant to Section 21400, but shall be of
sufficient size and clarity to give adequate notice of the
applicable speed limit. The speed limit upon the freeway at
a particular time and place shall be that which is then and
there displayed upon such sign.
22356. (a) Whenever the Department of Transportation,
after consultation with the Department of the California
Highway Patrol, determines upon the basis of an
engineering and traffic survey on existing highway
segments, or upon the basis of appropriate design standards
and projected traffic volumes in the case of newly
constructed highway segments, that a speed greater than 65
miles per hour would facilitate the orderly movement of
vehicular traffic and would be reasonable and safe upon any
state highway, or portion thereof, that is otherwise subject
to a maximum speed limit of 65 miles per hour, the
Department of Transportation, with the approval of the
Department of the California Highway Patrol, may declare a
higher maximum speed of 70 miles per hour for vehicles not
subject to Section 22406, and shall cause appropriate signs
to be erected giving notice thereof. The Department of
Transportation shall only make a determination under this
section that is fully consistent with, and in full compliance
with, federal law.
(b) No person shall drive a vehicle upon that highway at a
speed greater than 70 miles per hour, as posted.
(c) This section shall become operative on the date specified
in subdivision (c) of Section 22366.
22357. (a) Whenever a local authority determines upon the
basis of an engineering and traffic survey that a speed
greater than 25 miles per hour would facilitate the orderly
movement of vehicular traffic and would be reasonable and
safe upon any street other than a state highway otherwise
subject to a prima facie limit of 25 miles per hour, the local
authority may by ordinance determine and declare a prima
facie speed limit of 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, or 60 miles per
hour or a maximum speed limit of 65 miles per hour,
whichever is found most appropriate to facilitate the orderly
movement of traffic and is reasonable and safe. The
declared prima facie or maximum speed limit shall be
effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are
erected upon the street and shall not thereafter be revised
except upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey.
This section does not apply to any 25-mile-per-hour prima
facie limit which is applicable when passing a school building
or the grounds thereof or when passing a senior center or
other facility primarily used by senior citizens.
(b) This section shall become operative on the date specified
in subdivision (c) of Section 22366.
22357.1. Notwithstanding Section 22357, a local authority
may, by ordinance or resolution, set a prima facie speed
limit of 25 miles per hour on any street, other than a state
highway, adjacent to any children's playground in a public
park but only during particular hours or days when children
are expected to use the facilities. The 25 mile per hour
speed limit shall be effective when signs giving notice of the
speed limit are posted.
22358. (a) Whenever a local authority determines upon the
basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the limit of
65 miles per hour is more than is reasonable or safe upon
any portion of any street other than a state highway where
the limit of 65 miles per hour is applicable, the local
authority may by ordinance determine and declare a prima
facie speed limit of 60, 55, 50, 45, 40, 35, 30, or 25 miles
per hour, whichever is found most appropriate to facilitate
the orderly movement of traffic and is reasonable and safe,
which declared prima facie limit shall be effective when
appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon the
street.
(b) This section shall become operative on the date specified
in subdivision (c) of Section 22366.
22358.3. Whenever a local authority determines upon the
basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the prima
facie speed limit of 25 miles per hour in a business or
residence district or in a public park on any street having a
roadway not exceeding 25 feet in width, other than a state
highway, is more than is reasonable or safe, the local
authority may, by ordinance or resolution, determine and
declare a prima facie speed limit of 20 or 15 miles per hour,
whichever is found most appropriate and is reasonable and
safe. The declared prima facie limit shall be effective when
appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon the
street.
22358.4. (a) (1) Whenever a local authority determines
upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the
prima facie speed limit of 25 miles per hour established by
paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 22352 is more
than is reasonable or safe, the local authority may, by
ordinance or resolution, determine and declare a prima facie
speed limit of 20 or 15 miles per hour, whichever is justified
as the appropriate speed limit by that survey.
(2) An ordinance or resolution adopted under paragraph (1)
shall not be effective until appropriate signs giving notice of
the speed limit are erected upon the highway and, in the
case of a state highway, until the ordinance is approved by
the Department of Transportation and the appropriate signs
are erected upon the highway.
(b) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) or any other
provision of law, a local authority may, by ordinance or
resolution, determine and declare prima facie speed limits as
follows:
(A) A 15 miles per hour prima facie limit in a residence
district, on a highway with a posted speed limit of 30 miles
per hour or slower, when approaching, at a distance of less
than 500 feet from, or passing, a school building or the
grounds of a school building, contiguous to a highway and
posted with a school warning sign that indicates a speed
limit of 15 miles per hour, while children are going to or
leaving the school, either during school hours or during the
noon recess period. The prima facie limit shall also apply
when approaching, at a distance of less than 500 feet from,
or passing, school grounds that are not separated from the
highway by a fence, gate, or other physical barrier while the
grounds are in use by children and the highway is posted
with a school warning sign that indicates a speed limit of 15
miles per hour.
(B) A 25 miles per hour prima facie limit in a residence
district, on a highway with a posted speed limit of 30 miles
per hour or slower, when approaching, at a distance of 500
to 1,000 feet from, a school building or the grounds thereof,
contiguous to a highway and posted with a school warning
sign that indicates a speed limit of 25 miles per hour, while
children are going to or leaving the school, either during
school hours or during the noon recess period. The prima
facie limit shall also apply when approaching, at a distance
of 500 to 1,000 feet from, school grounds that are not
separated from the highway by a fence, gate, or other
physical barrier while the grounds are in use by children and
the highway is posted with a school warning sign that
indicates a speed limit of 25 miles per hour.
(2) The prima facie limits established under paragraph (1)
apply only to highways that meet all of the following
conditions:
(A) A maximum of two traffic lanes.
(B) A maximum posted 30 miles per hour prima facie speed
limit immediately prior to and after the school zone.
(3) The prima facie limits established under paragraph (1)
apply to all lanes of an affected highway, in both directions
of travel.
(4) When determining the need to lower the prima facie
speed limit, the local authority shall take the provisions of
Section 627 into consideration.
(5) (A) An ordinance or resolution adopted under paragraph
(1) shall not be effective until appropriate signs giving
notice of the speed limit are erected upon the highway and,
in the case of a state highway, until the ordinance is
approved by the Department of Transportation and the
appropriate signs are erected upon the highway.
(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1),
school warning signs indicating a speed limit of 15 miles per
hour may be placed at a distance up to 500 feet away from
school grounds.
(C) For purposes of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1),
school warning signs indicating a speed limit of 25 miles per
hour may be placed at any distance between 500 and 1,000
feet away from the school grounds.
(D) A local authority shall reimburse the Department of
Transportation for all costs incurred by the department
under this subdivision.
22358.5. It is the intent of the Legislature that physical
conditions such as width, curvature, grade and surface
conditions, or any other condition readily apparent to a
driver, in the absence of other factors, would not require
special downward speed zoning, as the basic rule of section
22350 is sufficient regulation as to such conditions.
22359. With respect to boundary line streets and highways
where portions thereof are within different jurisdictions, no
ordinance adopted under Sections 22357 and 22358 shall be
effective as to any such portion until all authorities having
jurisdiction of the portions of the street concerned have
approved the same. This section shall not apply in the case
of boundary line streets consisting of separate roadways
within different jurisdictions.
22360. (a) Whenever a local authority determines upon the
basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the limit of
65 miles per hour is more than is reasonable or safe upon
any portion of a highway other than a state highway for a
distance of not exceeding 2,000 feet in length between
districts, either business or residence, the local authority
may determine and declare a reasonable and safe prima
facie limit thereon lower than 65 miles per hour, but not
less than 25 miles per hour, which declared prima facie
speed limit shall be effective when appropriate signs giving
notice thereof are erected upon the street or highway.
(b) This section shall become operative on the date specified
in subdivision (c) of Section 22366.
22361. On multiple-lane highways with two or more
separate roadways different prima facie speed limits may be
established for different roadways under any of the
procedures specified in Sections 22354 to 22359, inclusive.
22362. It is prima facie a violation of the basic speed law
for any person to operate a vehicle in excess of the posted
speed limit upon any portion of a highway where officers or
employees of the agency having jurisdiction of the same, or
any contractor of the agency or his employees, are at work
on the roadway or within the right-of-way so close thereto
as to be endangered by passing traffic. This section applies
only when appropriate signs, indicating the limits of the
restricted zone, and the speed limit applicable therein, are
placed by such agency within 400 feet of each end of such
zone. The signs shall display the figures indicating the
applicable limit, which shall not be less than 25 miles per
hour, and shall indicate the purpose of the speed
restriction. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to
relieve any operator of a vehicle from complying with the
basic speed law.
22363. Notwithstanding any speed limit that may be in
effect upon the highway, the Department of Transportation
in respect to state highways, or a local authority with
respect to highways under its jurisdiction, may determine
and declare a prima facie speed limit of 40, 35, 30, or 25
miles per hour, whichever is found most appropriate and is
reasonable and safe based on the prevailing snow or ice
conditions upon such highway or any portion thereof. Signs
may be placed and removed as snow or ice conditions vary.
22364. Whenever the Department of Transportation
determines, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic
survey, that the safe and orderly movement of traffic upon
any state highway will be facilitated by the establishment of
different speed limits for the various lanes of traffic, the
department may place signs upon the state highway, or any
portion thereof. The signs shall designate the speed limits
for each of the lanes of traffic.
22365. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
county or city, which is contained, in whole or in part, within
the South Coast Air Quality Management District, may, if
the county or city determines that it is necessary to achieve
or maintain state or federal ambient air quality standards
for particulate matter, determine and declare by ordinance a
prima facie speed limit that is lower than that which the
county or city is otherwise permitted by this code to
establish, for any unpaved road under the jurisdiction of the
county or city and within the district. That declared prima
facie speed limit shall be effective when appropriate signs
giving notice thereof are erected along the road.
22366. (a) Whenever the Director of Transportation
determines the date upon which the state may establish a
maximum speed limit of 65 miles per hour on highways
without subjecting the state to a reduction in the amount of
federal aid for highways, the director shall notify the
Secretary of State of that determination.
(b) The notice required under subdivision (a) shall state that
it is being made pursuant to this section.
(c) The notice shall specify a date which is either the date
determined pursuant to subdivision (a), or a later date
designated by the director.
SECTIONS 22400-22413
22400. (a) No person shall drive upon a highway at such a
slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable
movement of traffic unless the reduced speed is necessary
for safe operation, because of a grade, or in compliance with
law.
No person shall bring a vehicle to a complete stop upon a
highway so as to impede or block the normal and reasonable
movement of traffic unless the stop is necessary for safe
operation or in compliance with law.
(b) Whenever the Department of Transportation determines
on the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that slow
speeds on any part of a state highway consistently impede
the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, the
department may determine and declare a minimum speed
limit below which no person shall drive a vehicle, except
when necessary for safe operation or in compliance with
law, when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are
erected along the part of the highway for which a minimum
speed limit is established.
Subdivision (b) of this section shall apply only to vehicles
subject to registration.
22401. Local authorities in timing traffic signals may so
regulate the timing thereof as to permit the movement of
traffic in an orderly and safe manner at speeds slightly at
variance from the speed otherwise applicable under this
code.
22402. The Department of Transportation may, in the
manner provided in Section 22404 determine the maximum
speed, not less than five miles per hour, which can be
maintained with safety to any bridge, elevated structure,
tube, or tunnel on a state highway. Said department may
also make a determination with reference to any other
highway upon receiving a request therefore from the board
of supervisors or road commissioner of the county, the
governing body of the local authority having jurisdiction
over the bridge, elevated structure, tube, or tunnel.
22403. Any local authority may, in the manner provided in
Section
22404, determine the maximum speed, not less than five
miles per hour, which can be maintained with safety to any
bridge, elevated structure, tube, or tunnel under its
jurisdiction, or may request the Department of
Transportation to make such determination.
22404. The Department of Transportation or local authority
making a determination of the maximum safe speed upon a
bridge, elevated structure, tube, or tunnel shall first make
an engineering investigation and shall hold a public hearing.
Notice of the time and place of the public hearing shall be
posted upon the bridge, elevated structure, tube, or tunnel
at least five days before the date fixed for the hearing.
Upon the basis of the investigation and all evidence
presented at the hearing, the department or local authority
shall determine by order in writing the maximum speed
which can be maintained with safety to the bridge, elevated
structure, tube or tunnel. Thereupon, the authority having
jurisdiction over the bridge, elevated structure, tube, or
tunnel shall erect and maintain suitable signs specifying the
maximum speed so determined at a distance of not more
than 500 feet from each end of the bridge, elevated
structure, tube, tunnel, or any approach thereto.
22405. (a) No person shall drive a vehicle on any bridge,
elevated structure, tube, or tunnel constituting a part of a
highway, at a speed which is greater than the maximum
speed which can be maintained with safety to such structure.
(b) Upon the trial of any person charged with a violation of
this section with respect to a sign erected under Section
22404, proof of the determination of the maximum speed by
the Department of Transportation or local authority and the
erection and maintenance of the speed signs shall constitute
prima facie evidence of the maximum speed which can be
maintained with safety to the bridge, elevated structure,
tube, or tunnel.
22406. No person may drive any of the following vehicles
on a highway at a speed in excess of 55 miles per hour:
(a) A motor truck or truck tractor having three or more
axles or any motor truck or truck tractor drawing any other
vehicle.
(b) A passenger vehicle or bus drawing any other vehicle.
(c) A school bus transporting any school pupil.
(d) A farm labor vehicle when transporting passengers.
(e) A vehicle transporting explosives.
(f) A trailer bus, as defined in Section 636.
22406.1. (a) A person who operates a commercial motor
vehicle, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 15210, upon
a highway at a speed exceeding a posted speed limit
established under this code by
15 miles per hour or more, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) A person who holds a commercial driver's license, as
defined in subdivision (a) of Section 15210, and operates a
noncommercial motor vehicle upon a highway at a speed
exceeding a posted speed limit established under this code
by 15 miles per hour or more, is guilty of an infraction.
(c) A violation of either subdivision (a) or (b) is a "serious
traffic violation," as defined in subdivision (p) of Section
15210, and is subject to the sanctions provided under
Section 15306 or 15308, in addition to any other penalty
provided by law.
(d) This section shall become operative on September 20,
2005.
22406.5. Any person who drives a tank vehicle subject to
Division
14.7 (commencing with Section 34000) while transporting
more than 500 gallons of flammable liquid at a speed
greater than the applicable speed limit or in willful or
wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property is, in
addition to any other applicable penalty, subject to a fine of
not less than five hundred dollars ($500) for a first offense
and, for a second or subsequent offense within two years of
a prior offense, to a fine of not less than two thousand
dollars ($2,000) and a suspension of up to six months of a
hazardous materials or cargo tank endorsement, or both.
22407. Whenever the Department of Transportation or
local authority determines upon the basis of engineering
studies and a traffic survey that the speed of 55 miles per
hour is more than is reasonable or safe for vehicles
mentioned in subdivision (a) of Section 22406, which have a
manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds
or more, in descending a grade upon any portion of a
highway, the department or local authority, with respect to
highways under their respective jurisdiction, may determine
and declare a speed limit of 50, 45, 40, 35, 30, 25, or 20
miles per hour, whichever is found most appropriate to
facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and is reasonable
and safe, which declared speed limit shall be effective for
such vehicles when appropriate signs giving notice thereof
are erected upon the highway.
22409. No person shall operate any vehicle equipped with
any solid tire when such vehicle has a gross weight as set
forth in the following table at any speed in excess of the
speed set forth opposite such gross weight:
When gross weight Maximum speed
of vehicle and in miles
load is: per hour:
10,000 lbs. or more but less than 16,000 lbs. .... 25
16,000 lbs. or more but less than 22,000 lbs. .... 15
22,000 lbs. or more .............................. 12
22410. No person shall operate any vehicle equipped with
any metal tire in contact with the surface of the highway at
a speed in excess of six miles per hour.
22411. No person shall operate a motorized scooter at a
speed in excess of 15 miles per hour.
22413. Whenever a local authority determines upon the
basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the prima
facie limit of 25 miles per hour is more than is reasonable
and safe on any portion of a street having a grade in excess
of 10 percent, the local authority may by ordinance
determine and declare a maximum limit of 20 or 15 miles
per hour, whichever is found most appropriate and is
reasonable and safe. The declared maximum speed shall be
effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are
erected upon the street.
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The following are the speed related California Vehicle Code
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SECTIONS 22348-22366 and SECTIONS 22400-22413
22348. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section
22351, a person shall not drive a vehicle upon a highway
with a speed limit established pursuant to Section 22349 or
22356 at a speed greater than that speed limit.
(b) A person who drives a vehicle upon a highway at a speed
greater than 100 miles per hour is guilty of an infraction
punishable, as follows:
(1) Upon a first conviction of a violation of this subdivision,
by a fine of not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500). The
court may also suspend the privilege of the person to
operate a motor vehicle for a period not to exceed 30 days
pursuant to Section 13200.5.
(2) Upon a conviction under this subdivision of an offense
that occurred within three years of a prior offense resulting
in a conviction of an offense under this subdivision, by a fine
of not to exceed seven hundred fifty dollars ($750). The
person's privilege to operate a motor vehicle shall be
suspended by the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to
subdivision (a) of Section 13355.
(3) Upon a conviction under this subdivision of an offense
that occurred within five years of two or more prior offenses
resulting in convictions of offenses under this subdivision, by
a fine of not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). The
person's privilege to operate a motor vehicle shall be
suspended by the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to
subdivision (b) of Section 13355.
(c) A vehicle subject to Section 22406 shall be driven in a
lane designated pursuant to Section 21655, or if a lane has
not been so designated, in the right-hand lane for traffic or
as close as practicable to the right-hand edge or curb.
When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in
the same direction, the driver shall use either the
designated lane, the lane to the immediate left of the right-
hand lane, or the right-hand lane for traffic as permitted
under this code. If, however, specific lane or lanes have not
been designated on a divided highway having four or more
clearly marked lanes for traffic in one direction, a vehicle
may also be driven in the lane to the immediate left of the
right-hand lane, unless otherwise prohibited under this
code. This subdivision does not apply to a driver who is
preparing for a left- or right-hand turn or who is in the
process of entering into or exiting from a highway or to a
driver who is required necessarily to drive in a lane other
than the right-hand lane to continue on his or her intended
route.
22349. (a) Except as provided in Section 22356, no person
may drive a vehicle upon a highway at a speed greater than
65 miles per hour.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person
may drive a vehicle upon a two-lane, undivided highway at
a speed greater than 55 miles per hour unless that highway,
or portion thereof, has been posted for a higher speed by
the Department of Transportation or appropriate local
agency upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey.
For purposes of this subdivision, the following apply:
(1) A two-lane, undivided highway is a highway with not
more than one through lane of travel in each direction.
(2) Passing lanes may not be considered when determining
the number of through lanes.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that there be
reasonable signing on affected two-lane, undivided highways
described in subdivision (b) in continuing the 55 miles-per-
hour speed limit, including placing signs at county
boundaries to the extent possible, and at other appropriate
locations.
22350. No person shall drive a vehicle upon a highway at a
speed greater than is reasonable or prudent having due
regard for weather, visibility, the traffic on, and the surface
and width of, the highway, and in no event at a speed which
endangers the safety of persons or property.
22351. (a) The speed of any vehicle upon a highway not in
excess of the limits specified in Section 22352 or established
as authorized in this code is lawful unless clearly proved to
be in violation of the basic speed law.
(b) The speed of any vehicle upon a highway in excess of
the prima facie speed limits in Section 22352 or established
as authorized in this code is prima facie unlawful unless the
defendant establishes by competent evidence that the speed
in excess of said limits did not constitute a violation of the
basic speed law at the time, place and under the conditions
then existing.
22352. (a) The prima facie limits are as follows and shall be
applicable unless changed as authorized in this code and, if
so changed, only when signs have been erected giving
notice thereof:
(1) Fifteen miles per hour:
(A) When traversing a railway grade crossing, if during the
last
100 feet of the approach to the crossing the driver does not
have a clear and unobstructed view of the crossing and of
any traffic on the railway for a distance of 400 feet in both
directions along the railway. This subdivision does not apply
in the case of any railway grade crossing where a human
flagman is on duty or a clearly visible electrical or
mechanical railway crossing signal device is installed but
does not then indicate the immediate approach of a railway
train or car.
(B) When traversing any intersection of highways if during
the last 100 feet of the driver's approach to the intersection
the driver does not have a clear and unobstructed view of
the intersection and of any traffic upon all of the highways
entering the intersection for a distance of 100 feet along all
those highways, except at an intersection protected by stop
signs or yield right-of-way signs or controlled by official
traffic control signals.
(C) On any alley.
(2) Twenty-five miles per hour:
(A) On any highway other than a state highway, in any
business or residence district unless a different speed is
determined by local authority under procedures set forth in
this code.
(B) When approaching or passing a school building or the
grounds thereof, contiguous to a highway and posted with a
standard "SCHOOL" warning sign, while children are going
to or leaving the school either during school hours or during
the noon recess period. The prima facie limit shall also
apply when approaching or passing any school grounds
which are not separated from the highway by a fence, gate,
or other physical barrier while the grounds are in use by
children and the highway is posted with a standard
"SCHOOL" warning sign. For purposes of this subparagraph,
standard "SCHOOL" warning signs may be placed at any
distance up to 500 feet away from school grounds.
(C) When passing a senior center or other facility primarily
used by senior citizens, contiguous to a street other than a
state highway and posted with a standard "SENIOR" warning
sign. A local authority is not required to erect any sign
pursuant to this paragraph until donations from private
sources covering those costs are received and the local
agency makes a determination that the proposed signing
should be implemented. A local authority may, however,
utilize any other funds available to it to pay for the erection
of those signs.
(b) This section shall become operative on March 1, 2001.
22353. When conducting an engineering and traffic survey,
the City of Norco, in addition to the factors set forth in
Section 627, may also consider equestrian safety.
22354. (a) Whenever the Department of Transportation
determines upon the basis of an engineering and traffic
survey that the limit of 65 miles per hour is more than is
reasonable or safe upon any portion of a state highway
where the limit of 65 miles is applicable, the department
may determine and declare a prima facie speed limit of 60,
55, 50, 45, 40, 35, 30 or 25 miles per hour, whichever is
found most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of
traffic and is reasonable and safe, which declared prima
facie speed limit shall be effective when appropriate signs
giving notice thereof are erected upon the highway.
(b) This section shall become operative on the date specified
in subdivision (c) of Section 22366.
22354.5. (a) Whenever the Department of Transportation
determines, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic
survey, to increase or decrease the existing speed limit on a
particular portion of a state highway pursuant to Section
22354, it shall, prior to increasing or decreasing that speed
limit, consult with, and take into consideration the
recommendations of, the Department of the California
Highway Patrol.
(b) The city council or board of supervisors of a city or
county through which any portion of a state highway subject
to subdivision (a) extends may conduct a public hearing on
the proposed increase or decrease at a convenient location
as near as possible to that portion of state highway. The
Department of Transportation shall take into consideration
the results of the public hearing in determining whether to
increase or decrease the speed limit.
22355. Whenever the Department of Transportation
determines upon the basis of an engineering and traffic
survey that the safe and orderly movement of traffic upon
any state highway which is a freeway will be facilitated by
the establishment of variable speed limits, the department
may erect, regulate, and control signs upon the state
highway which is a freeway, or any portion thereof, which
signs shall be so designed as to permit display of different
speed limits at various times of the day or night. Such signs
need not conform to the standards and specifications
established by regulations of the Department of
Transportation pursuant to Section 21400, but shall be of
sufficient size and clarity to give adequate notice of the
applicable speed limit. The speed limit upon the freeway at
a particular time and place shall be that which is then and
there displayed upon such sign.
22356. (a) Whenever the Department of Transportation,
after consultation with the Department of the California
Highway Patrol, determines upon the basis of an
engineering and traffic survey on existing highway
segments, or upon the basis of appropriate design standards
and projected traffic volumes in the case of newly
constructed highway segments, that a speed greater than 65
miles per hour would facilitate the orderly movement of
vehicular traffic and would be reasonable and safe upon any
state highway, or portion thereof, that is otherwise subject
to a maximum speed limit of 65 miles per hour, the
Department of Transportation, with the approval of the
Department of the California Highway Patrol, may declare a
higher maximum speed of 70 miles per hour for vehicles not
subject to Section 22406, and shall cause appropriate signs
to be erected giving notice thereof. The Department of
Transportation shall only make a determination under this
section that is fully consistent with, and in full compliance
with, federal law.
(b) No person shall drive a vehicle upon that highway at a
speed greater than 70 miles per hour, as posted.
(c) This section shall become operative on the date specified
in subdivision (c) of Section 22366.
22357. (a) Whenever a local authority determines upon the
basis of an engineering and traffic survey that a speed
greater than 25 miles per hour would facilitate the orderly
movement of vehicular traffic and would be reasonable and
safe upon any street other than a state highway otherwise
subject to a prima facie limit of 25 miles per hour, the local
authority may by ordinance determine and declare a prima
facie speed limit of 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, or 60 miles per
hour or a maximum speed limit of 65 miles per hour,
whichever is found most appropriate to facilitate the orderly
movement of traffic and is reasonable and safe. The
declared prima facie or maximum speed limit shall be
effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are
erected upon the street and shall not thereafter be revised
except upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey.
This section does not apply to any 25-mile-per-hour prima
facie limit which is applicable when passing a school building
or the grounds thereof or when passing a senior center or
other facility primarily used by senior citizens.
(b) This section shall become operative on the date specified
in subdivision (c) of Section 22366.
22357.1. Notwithstanding Section 22357, a local authority
may, by ordinance or resolution, set a prima facie speed
limit of 25 miles per hour on any street, other than a state
highway, adjacent to any children's playground in a public
park but only during particular hours or days when children
are expected to use the facilities. The 25 mile per hour
speed limit shall be effective when signs giving notice of the
speed limit are posted.
22358. (a) Whenever a local authority determines upon the
basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the limit of
65 miles per hour is more than is reasonable or safe upon
any portion of any street other than a state highway where
the limit of 65 miles per hour is applicable, the local
authority may by ordinance determine and declare a prima
facie speed limit of 60, 55, 50, 45, 40, 35, 30, or 25 miles
per hour, whichever is found most appropriate to facilitate
the orderly movement of traffic and is reasonable and safe,
which declared prima facie limit shall be effective when
appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon the
street.
(b) This section shall become operative on the date specified
in subdivision (c) of Section 22366.
22358.3. Whenever a local authority determines upon the
basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the prima
facie speed limit of 25 miles per hour in a business or
residence district or in a public park on any street having a
roadway not exceeding 25 feet in width, other than a state
highway, is more than is reasonable or safe, the local
authority may, by ordinance or resolution, determine and
declare a prima facie speed limit of 20 or 15 miles per hour,
whichever is found most appropriate and is reasonable and
safe. The declared prima facie limit shall be effective when
appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon the
street.
22358.4. (a) (1) Whenever a local authority determines
upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the
prima facie speed limit of 25 miles per hour established by
paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 22352 is more
than is reasonable or safe, the local authority may, by
ordinance or resolution, determine and declare a prima facie
speed limit of 20 or 15 miles per hour, whichever is justified
as the appropriate speed limit by that survey.
(2) An ordinance or resolution adopted under paragraph (1)
shall not be effective until appropriate signs giving notice of
the speed limit are erected upon the highway and, in the
case of a state highway, until the ordinance is approved by
the Department of Transportation and the appropriate signs
are erected upon the highway.
(b) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) or any other
provision of law, a local authority may, by ordinance or
resolution, determine and declare prima facie speed limits as
follows:
(A) A 15 miles per hour prima facie limit in a residence
district, on a highway with a posted speed limit of 30 miles
per hour or slower, when approaching, at a distance of less
than 500 feet from, or passing, a school building or the
grounds of a school building, contiguous to a highway and
posted with a school warning sign that indicates a speed
limit of 15 miles per hour, while children are going to or
leaving the school, either during school hours or during the
noon recess period. The prima facie limit shall also apply
when approaching, at a distance of less than 500 feet from,
or passing, school grounds that are not separated from the
highway by a fence, gate, or other physical barrier while the
grounds are in use by children and the highway is posted
with a school warning sign that indicates a speed limit of 15
miles per hour.
(B) A 25 miles per hour prima facie limit in a residence
district, on a highway with a posted speed limit of 30 miles
per hour or slower, when approaching, at a distance of 500
to 1,000 feet from, a school building or the grounds thereof,
contiguous to a highway and posted with a school warning
sign that indicates a speed limit of 25 miles per hour, while
children are going to or leaving the school, either during
school hours or during the noon recess period. The prima
facie limit shall also apply when approaching, at a distance
of 500 to 1,000 feet from, school grounds that are not
separated from the highway by a fence, gate, or other
physical barrier while the grounds are in use by children and
the highway is posted with a school warning sign that
indicates a speed limit of 25 miles per hour.
(2) The prima facie limits established under paragraph (1)
apply only to highways that meet all of the following
conditions:
(A) A maximum of two traffic lanes.
(B) A maximum posted 30 miles per hour prima facie speed
limit immediately prior to and after the school zone.
(3) The prima facie limits established under paragraph (1)
apply to all lanes of an affected highway, in both directions
of travel.
(4) When determining the need to lower the prima facie
speed limit, the local authority shall take the provisions of
Section 627 into consideration.
(5) (A) An ordinance or resolution adopted under paragraph
(1) shall not be effective until appropriate signs giving
notice of the speed limit are erected upon the highway and,
in the case of a state highway, until the ordinance is
approved by the Department of Transportation and the
appropriate signs are erected upon the highway.
(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1),
school warning signs indicating a speed limit of 15 miles per
hour may be placed at a distance up to 500 feet away from
school grounds.
(C) For purposes of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1),
school warning signs indicating a speed limit of 25 miles per
hour may be placed at any distance between 500 and 1,000
feet away from the school grounds.
(D) A local authority shall reimburse the Department of
Transportation for all costs incurred by the department
under this subdivision.
22358.5. It is the intent of the Legislature that physical
conditions such as width, curvature, grade and surface
conditions, or any other condition readily apparent to a
driver, in the absence of other factors, would not require
special downward speed zoning, as the basic rule of section
22350 is sufficient regulation as to such conditions.
22359. With respect to boundary line streets and highways
where portions thereof are within different jurisdictions, no
ordinance adopted under Sections 22357 and 22358 shall be
effective as to any such portion until all authorities having
jurisdiction of the portions of the street concerned have
approved the same. This section shall not apply in the case
of boundary line streets consisting of separate roadways
within different jurisdictions.
22360. (a) Whenever a local authority determines upon the
basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the limit of
65 miles per hour is more than is reasonable or safe upon
any portion of a highway other than a state highway for a
distance of not exceeding 2,000 feet in length between
districts, either business or residence, the local authority
may determine and declare a reasonable and safe prima
facie limit thereon lower than 65 miles per hour, but not
less than 25 miles per hour, which declared prima facie
speed limit shall be effective when appropriate signs giving
notice thereof are erected upon the street or highway.
(b) This section shall become operative on the date specified
in subdivision (c) of Section 22366.
22361. On multiple-lane highways with two or more
separate roadways different prima facie speed limits may be
established for different roadways under any of the
procedures specified in Sections 22354 to 22359, inclusive.
22362. It is prima facie a violation of the basic speed law
for any person to operate a vehicle in excess of the posted
speed limit upon any portion of a highway where officers or
employees of the agency having jurisdiction of the same, or
any contractor of the agency or his employees, are at work
on the roadway or within the right-of-way so close thereto
as to be endangered by passing traffic. This section applies
only when appropriate signs, indicating the limits of the
restricted zone, and the speed limit applicable therein, are
placed by such agency within 400 feet of each end of such
zone. The signs shall display the figures indicating the
applicable limit, which shall not be less than 25 miles per
hour, and shall indicate the purpose of the speed
restriction. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to
relieve any operator of a vehicle from complying with the
basic speed law.
22363. Notwithstanding any speed limit that may be in
effect upon the highway, the Department of Transportation
in respect to state highways, or a local authority with
respect to highways under its jurisdiction, may determine
and declare a prima facie speed limit of 40, 35, 30, or 25
miles per hour, whichever is found most appropriate and is
reasonable and safe based on the prevailing snow or ice
conditions upon such highway or any portion thereof. Signs
may be placed and removed as snow or ice conditions vary.
22364. Whenever the Department of Transportation
determines, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic
survey, that the safe and orderly movement of traffic upon
any state highway will be facilitated by the establishment of
different speed limits for the various lanes of traffic, the
department may place signs upon the state highway, or any
portion thereof. The signs shall designate the speed limits
for each of the lanes of traffic.
22365. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
county or city, which is contained, in whole or in part, within
the South Coast Air Quality Management District, may, if
the county or city determines that it is necessary to achieve
or maintain state or federal ambient air quality standards
for particulate matter, determine and declare by ordinance a
prima facie speed limit that is lower than that which the
county or city is otherwise permitted by this code to
establish, for any unpaved road under the jurisdiction of the
county or city and within the district. That declared prima
facie speed limit shall be effective when appropriate signs
giving notice thereof are erected along the road.
22366. (a) Whenever the Director of Transportation
determines the date upon which the state may establish a
maximum speed limit of 65 miles per hour on highways
without subjecting the state to a reduction in the amount of
federal aid for highways, the director shall notify the
Secretary of State of that determination.
(b) The notice required under subdivision (a) shall state that
it is being made pursuant to this section.
(c) The notice shall specify a date which is either the date
determined pursuant to subdivision (a), or a later date
designated by the director.
SECTIONS 22400-22413
22400. (a) No person shall drive upon a highway at such a
slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable
movement of traffic unless the reduced speed is necessary
for safe operation, because of a grade, or in compliance with
law.
No person shall bring a vehicle to a complete stop upon a
highway so as to impede or block the normal and reasonable
movement of traffic unless the stop is necessary for safe
operation or in compliance with law.
(b) Whenever the Department of Transportation determines
on the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that slow
speeds on any part of a state highway consistently impede
the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, the
department may determine and declare a minimum speed
limit below which no person shall drive a vehicle, except
when necessary for safe operation or in compliance with
law, when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are
erected along the part of the highway for which a minimum
speed limit is established.
Subdivision (b) of this section shall apply only to vehicles
subject to registration.
22401. Local authorities in timing traffic signals may so
regulate the timing thereof as to permit the movement of
traffic in an orderly and safe manner at speeds slightly at
variance from the speed otherwise applicable under this
code.
22402. The Department of Transportation may, in the
manner provided in Section 22404 determine the maximum
speed, not less than five miles per hour, which can be
maintained with safety to any bridge, elevated structure,
tube, or tunnel on a state highway. Said department may
also make a determination with reference to any other
highway upon receiving a request therefore from the board
of supervisors or road commissioner of the county, the
governing body of the local authority having jurisdiction
over the bridge, elevated structure, tube, or tunnel.
22403. Any local authority may, in the manner provided in
Section
22404, determine the maximum speed, not less than five
miles per hour, which can be maintained with safety to any
bridge, elevated structure, tube, or tunnel under its
jurisdiction, or may request the Department of
Transportation to make such determination.
22404. The Department of Transportation or local authority
making a determination of the maximum safe speed upon a
bridge, elevated structure, tube, or tunnel shall first make
an engineering investigation and shall hold a public hearing.
Notice of the time and place of the public hearing shall be
posted upon the bridge, elevated structure, tube, or tunnel
at least five days before the date fixed for the hearing.
Upon the basis of the investigation and all evidence
presented at the hearing, the department or local authority
shall determine by order in writing the maximum speed
which can be maintained with safety to the bridge, elevated
structure, tube or tunnel. Thereupon, the authority having
jurisdiction over the bridge, elevated structure, tube, or
tunnel shall erect and maintain suitable signs specifying the
maximum speed so determined at a distance of not more
than 500 feet from each end of the bridge, elevated
structure, tube, tunnel, or any approach thereto.
22405. (a) No person shall drive a vehicle on any bridge,
elevated structure, tube, or tunnel constituting a part of a
highway, at a speed which is greater than the maximum
speed which can be maintained with safety to such structure.
(b) Upon the trial of any person charged with a violation of
this section with respect to a sign erected under Section
22404, proof of the determination of the maximum speed by
the Department of Transportation or local authority and the
erection and maintenance of the speed signs shall constitute
prima facie evidence of the maximum speed which can be
maintained with safety to the bridge, elevated structure,
tube, or tunnel.
22406. No person may drive any of the following vehicles
on a highway at a speed in excess of 55 miles per hour:
(a) A motor truck or truck tractor having three or more
axles or any motor truck or truck tractor drawing any other
vehicle.
(b) A passenger vehicle or bus drawing any other vehicle.
(c) A school bus transporting any school pupil.
(d) A farm labor vehicle when transporting passengers.
(e) A vehicle transporting explosives.
(f) A trailer bus, as defined in Section 636.
22406.1. (a) A person who operates a commercial motor
vehicle, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 15210, upon
a highway at a speed exceeding a posted speed limit
established under this code by
15 miles per hour or more, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) A person who holds a commercial driver's license, as
defined in subdivision (a) of Section 15210, and operates a
noncommercial motor vehicle upon a highway at a speed
exceeding a posted speed limit established under this code
by 15 miles per hour or more, is guilty of an infraction.
(c) A violation of either subdivision (a) or (b) is a "serious
traffic violation," as defined in subdivision (p) of Section
15210, and is subject to the sanctions provided under
Section 15306 or 15308, in addition to any other penalty
provided by law.
(d) This section shall become operative on September 20,
2005.
22406.5. Any person who drives a tank vehicle subject to
Division
14.7 (commencing with Section 34000) while transporting
more than 500 gallons of flammable liquid at a speed
greater than the applicable speed limit or in willful or
wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property is, in
addition to any other applicable penalty, subject to a fine of
not less than five hundred dollars ($500) for a first offense
and, for a second or subsequent offense within two years of
a prior offense, to a fine of not less than two thousand
dollars ($2,000) and a suspension of up to six months of a
hazardous materials or cargo tank endorsement, or both.
22407. Whenever the Department of Transportation or
local authority determines upon the basis of engineering
studies and a traffic survey that the speed of 55 miles per
hour is more than is reasonable or safe for vehicles
mentioned in subdivision (a) of Section 22406, which have a
manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds
or more, in descending a grade upon any portion of a
highway, the department or local authority, with respect to
highways under their respective jurisdiction, may determine
and declare a speed limit of 50, 45, 40, 35, 30, 25, or 20
miles per hour, whichever is found most appropriate to
facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and is reasonable
and safe, which declared speed limit shall be effective for
such vehicles when appropriate signs giving notice thereof
are erected upon the highway.
22409. No person shall operate any vehicle equipped with
any solid tire when such vehicle has a gross weight as set
forth in the following table at any speed in excess of the
speed set forth opposite such gross weight:
When gross weight Maximum speed
of vehicle and in miles
load is: per hour:
10,000 lbs. or more but less than 16,000 lbs. .... 25
16,000 lbs. or more but less than 22,000 lbs. .... 15
22,000 lbs. or more .............................. 12
22410. No person shall operate any vehicle equipped with
any metal tire in contact with the surface of the highway at
a speed in excess of six miles per hour.
22411. No person shall operate a motorized scooter at a
speed in excess of 15 miles per hour.
22413. Whenever a local authority determines upon the
basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the prima
facie limit of 25 miles per hour is more than is reasonable
and safe on any portion of a street having a grade in excess
of 10 percent, the local authority may by ordinance
determine and declare a maximum limit of 20 or 15 miles
per hour, whichever is found most appropriate and is
reasonable and safe. The declared maximum speed shall be
effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are
erected upon the street.
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Speeding tickets are one of the most common traffic
citations issued in California. There are various vehicle code
sections that govern speeding laws in California. The Basic
Speed Law is covered under VC 22350 and VC 22351.
These code sections basically indicate that it is a violation
to drive over the speed limit, but less than 65 mph or 70
mph maximum speed limit with the exception of driving
over 55 mph on a two lane undivided highway.
However, if you drive over the posted speed limit but under
65 mph, and 55 mph for undivided 2 lane highway, you
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persons or property.
VC 22351 indicates that the law presumes that the
reasonable or prudent speed is the one posted on the speed
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posted speed limit does not again mean that you were
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width and other present conditions.
The Maximum Speed Limit Law is another common type of
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VC 22356. You are in violation of the Maximum Speed Limit
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