§ 506-67. Speed—Semi-Trailer.

No person shall operate a semi-trailer in and upon the streets and highways at a speed greater or less than is reasonable or proper, having due regard to the traffic, surface and width of the street or highway and of any other conditions then existing; and no person shall drive any semi-trailer in and upon any street or highway at a greater speed than will permit the operator to bring it to a stop within the assured clear distance ahead.

It shall be prima facie lawful for the operator of a semi-trailer to operate the same at a speed not exceeding the following:

(a)

15 miles per hour on all alleys;

(b)

20 miles per hour when passing a school building or the grounds thereof during school recess and while children are going to or leaving school, during the opening or closing hours, and when appropriate signs giving notice of the existence of the school are erected, except that on controlled-access highways, expressways and freeways, if the right-of-way line fence has been erected without pedestrian opening, the school speed limit shall not apply;

(c)

25 miles per hour in other parts of the city, except on state routes and on through highways outside business districts;

(d)

35 miles per hour on state routes or on through highways outside business districts except on controlled-access highways, expressways, or freeways and on state routes outside urban districts;

(e)

50 miles per hour on state routes outside urban districts unless a lower prima facie speed has been established;

(f)

50 miles per hour on controlled-access highways and expressways;

(g)

55 miles per hour on freeways with paved shoulder.

It shall be prima facie unlawful for any person to exceed any of the speed limitations in this section or in other sections of the traffic code. In every charge of violation of this section, the affidavit and warrant shall specify the time, place and speed at which the defendant is alleged to have driven, also the speed, if any, which this section declares shall be prima facie lawful at the time and place of such alleged violation; except that in affidavits where a person is alleged to have driven at a greater speed than will permit the person to bring a semi-trailer to a stop within the assured clear distance ahead, the affidavit and warrant need not specify the speed at which the defendant is alleged to have driven.

Nothing herein shall be construed to relieve a driver from the duty to decrease speed when approaching and crossing an intersection, when approaching and going around a curve, when approaching a hillcrest, when traveling upon any narrow or winding roadway, or when special hazards exist with respect to pedestrians or other traffic or by reason of weather or highway conditions or to avoid colliding with any person, vehicle or other conveyance on or entering a highway.

(Ordained by Ord. No. 406-1986, eff. Nov. 5, 1986; a. Ord. No. 396-1992, eff. Oct. 12, 1992)

Cross reference

Penalty, § 512-3.