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§ 21-802. Maximum speed limits for parts of highways

West's Annotated Code of MarylandTransportation

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Transportation
Title 21. Vehicle Laws--Rules of the Road (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 8. Speed Restrictions (Refs & Annos)
MD Code, Transportation, § 21-802
§ 21-802. Maximum speed limits for parts of highways
Currentness
Engineering and traffic investigations
(a) If, on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, the State Highway Administration determines that any maximum speed limit specified in this subtitle is greater or less than reasonable or safe under existing conditions on any part of a highway under its jurisdiction, it may establish a reasonable and safe maximum speed limit for that part of the highway.
Maximum speed limits in effect December 31, 1974
(b) An engineering and traffic investigation is not required to conform a posted maximum speed limit in effect on December 31, 1974, to a different limit specified in § 21-801.1(b) of this subtitle.
Variable speed limits
(c) Under this section, the State Highway Administration may:
(1) Establish a maximum speed limit to apply at all times or only at specified times; and
(2) Establish differing limits for different times of day, different types of vehicles, different weather conditions, or other factors bearing on safe speeds.
Speed limit effective when posted on signs
(d) An altered maximum speed limit established under this section is effective when posted on appropriate signs giving notice of the limit.

Credits

Added by Acts 1977, c. 14, § 2, eff. July 1, 1977.
Formerly Art. 66 ½, § 11-802.
MD Code, Transportation, § 21-802, MD TRANS § 21-802
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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