Bill Text: VA HB2349 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Maximum speed limits; shall be 60 miles per hour where indicated by lawfully placed signs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-03 - House: Passed by in Transportation with letter by voice vote [HB2349 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2011-HB2349-Introduced.html
11102766D Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That § 46.2-870 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: § 46.2-870. Maximum speed limits generally. Except as otherwise provided in this article, the maximum speed limit shall be 55 miles per hour on interstate highways or other limited access highways with divided roadways, nonlimited access highways having four or more lanes, and all state primary highways. The maximum speed limit on all other highways shall be 55 miles per hour if the vehicle is a passenger motor vehicle, bus, pickup or panel truck, or a motorcycle, but 45 miles per hour on such highways if the vehicle is a truck, tractor truck, or combination of vehicles designed to transport property, or is a motor vehicle being used to tow a vehicle designed for self-propulsion, or a house trailer. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the
maximum speed limit shall be 70 miles per hour where indicated by lawfully
placed signs, erected subsequent to a traffic engineering study and analysis of
available and appropriate accident and law-enforcement data, on: (i) interstate
highways, (ii) multilane, divided, limited access highways, and (iii)
high-occupancy vehicle lanes if such lanes are physically separated from
regular travel lanes. The maximum speed limit shall be 60 miles per hour where
indicated by lawfully placed signs, erected subsequent to a traffic engineering
study and analysis of available and appropriate accident and law-enforcement
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