Speed Limits

(a)All motor vehicles traveling upon the public highway shall be driven at a careful, prudent rate of speed not greater than nor less than is reasonable and proper, having due regard to the surface of the highway, the width of the highway and the condition of traffic upon the highway and all other restrictions and conditions then and there existing.

(b)In no event shall any motor vehicle be operated at a speed greater than will permit it to be stopped within the assured clear distance ahead.

(c)Subject to the provisions of Subsections

(a)and

(b)of this Section, speeds in excess of forty-five

(45)miles per hour/eighty

(80)kilometers per hour shall be unlawful.

(d)All vehicles shall reduce their rate of speed to ten

(10)miles per hour when passing a bus while such bus is taking or discharging passengers unless such bus is stopping off the surface of the highway.

(e)The speed limitations set forth in this Section shall not apply to vehicles under the direction of the police in the actual chase or apprehension of violators of the law or of persons charged with or suspected of any such violation, nor shall they apply to the Fire Department or Fire Patrol vehicles when traveling in response to a fire alarm, nor shall they apply to ambulances when such are traveling in actual emergencies. CH. 3 GENERAL PROVISIONS The exemptions set forth in this Subsection shall not, however, protect the driver of any such vehicle from the consequences of a reckless or unnecessary disregard of the safety of others.

(f)The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to designate as may be reasonably necessary, and on a permanent, temporary or intermittent basis, certain areas as limited speed areas and to mark such areas with appropriate warning signs. No vehicle shall be operated in such areas in excess of the maximum speeds as may be indicated by such signs.