71.01 Speed Laws Applicable
71.01 SPEED LAWS APPLICABLE
(a)The Indiana Codestate traffic laws regulating the speed of vehicles shall be applicable on all streets within this city, except as this traffic code, as authorized by state law, declares and determines on the basis of engineering and traffic investigation that certain speed regulations shall be applicable on specified streets or in certain areas. It shall be a violation for any person to drive a vehicle in excess of the posted speed limit on any street in the City. In this event, it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of any speed so declared in this title when signs are in place giving notice thereof. (‘72 Code, 41.29) (Ord. 1781-1960)
(b)It is a violation for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required in this chapter. All violations of this chapter 71 shall be subject to a fine of $10.00. The procedure for payment or trial is set forth in Section 10.99(h).
(Cross-reference:
Speed on particular streets, see Ch. 76, Sched. I)
Statutory-reference:
Alteration of speed limits by local authorities, see I.C. 9-4-1-58
More Categories:
- 71.02 Regulation of Speed by Traffic Signals
- 71.10 Required Position and Method of Turning
- 71.11 Turning Markers
- 71.12 Restricted Turn Signs
- 71.13 Obedience to No-Turn Signs
- 71.14 Limitations on Turning Around
- 71.20 Authority to Sign One-Way Streets and Alleys
- 71.21 Authoirty to Restrcit Direction of Movement
- 71.25 Through Streets Designated
- 71.26 Signs Required At Through Streets
- 71.27 Other Intersections Where Stop, etc.
- 71.28 Stop Signs and Yield Signs
- 71.29 Vehicle Entering Stop Intersection
- 71.40 Vehicle Entering Yield Intersection
- 71.31 Stop When Traffic Obstructed
- 71.40 Following Authorized Emergency Vehicle
- 71.41 Driving Through Funeral or Other Procession
- 71.42 Drivers In A Procession
- 71.43 Funeral Processions to be Identified
- 71.44 Permits for Parades and Processions
- 71.45 Vehicle on Sidewalks
- 71.46 Limitations on Backing
- 71.47 Opening and Closng Vehicle Doors
- 71.48 Load Restrictions on Certain Highways