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§ 46.2-862. Exceeding speed limit.
A person shall be guilty of reckless driving who drives a motor vehicle on
the highways in the Commonwealth (i) at a speed of twenty miles per hour or
more in excess of the applicable maximum speed limit or (ii) in excess of
eighty miles per hour regardless of the applicable maximum speed limit.
(Code 1950, §§ 46-209, 46-209.1; 1950, p. 880; 1952, c. 671; 1954, cc. 225,
401, 458; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-190; 1960, c. 510; 1964, c. 266; 1966, c. 694;
1968, c. 575; 1970, c. 521; 1974, cc. 222, 455; 1975, c. 633; 1978, c. 27;
1979, c. 86; 1981, cc. 333, 585; 1985, c. 148; 1989, c. 727; 1992, c. 608;
2006, c. 301.)
§ 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 65 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 on Interstate Route 85 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. 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 data, on U.S. Route 29, U.S. Route
58, U.S. Route 360, U.S. Route 460, and on U.S. Route 17 between the town of
Port Royal and Saluda where they are nonlimited access, multilane, divided
highways.
(Code 1950, § 46-212; 1950, p. 881; 1952, c. 666; 1954, c. 244; 1956, c. 364;
1958, c. 541, §§ 46.1-193, 46.1-401; 1960, c. 153; 1962, c. 307; 1964, cc.
118, 408; 1966, c. 85; 1968, c. 641; 1972, cc. 89, 546, 553, 608; 1974, c.
528; 1975, c. 533; 1977, c. 577; 1978, c. 605; 1980, c. 347; 1986, c. 639;
1988, cc. 662, 897; 1989, cc. 276, 526, 727; 1992, c. 598; 1994, c. 423;
1996, c. 1; 1998, cc. 546, 560; 1999, c. 142; 2001, c. 298; 2002, c. 872;
2003, c. 838; 2004, c. 696; 2005, cc. 266, 267, 268; 2006, c. 213; 2007, cc.
222, 544.)
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