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§ 3362. Maximum speed limits

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 75 Pa.C.S.A. VehiclesEffective: March 19, 2014

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 75 Pa.C.S.A. Vehicles (Refs & Annos)
Part III. Operation of Vehicles
Chapter 33. Rules of the Road in General
Subchapter F. Speed Restrictions (Refs & Annos)
Effective: March 19, 2014
75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3362
§ 3362. Maximum speed limits
Currentness
(a) General rule.--Except when a special hazard exists that requires lower speed for compliance with section 3361 (relating to driving vehicle at safe speed), the limits specified in this section or established under this subchapter shall be maximum lawful speeds and no person shall drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of the following maximum limits:
(1) 35 miles per hour in any urban district.
(1.1) 65 miles per hour or 70 miles per hour for all vehicles on freeways where the department has posted a 65-miles-per-hour or 70-miles-per-hour speed limit.
(1.2) 25 miles per hour in a residence district if the highway:
(i) is not a numbered traffic route; and
(ii) is functionally classified by the department as a local highway.
(2) 55 miles per hour in other locations.
(3) Any other maximum speed limit established under this subchapter.
(b) Posting of speed limit.--
(1) No maximum speed limit established under subsection (a)(1), (1.2) or (3) shall be effective unless posted on fixed or variable official traffic-control devices erected in accordance with regulations adopted by the department which regulations shall require posting at the beginning and end of each speed zone and at intervals not greater than one-half mile.
(2) No maximum speed limit established under subsection (a)(1.1) shall be effective unless posted on fixed or variable official traffic-control devices erected after each interchange on the portion of highway on which the speed limit is in effect and wherever else the department shall determine.
(c) Penalty.--
(1) Any person violating this section is guilty of a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of:
(i) $42.50 for violating a maximum speed limit of 65 miles per hour or higher; or
(ii) $35 for violating any other maximum speed limit.
(2) Any person exceeding the maximum speed limit by more than five miles per hour shall pay an additional fine of $2 per mile for each mile in excess of five miles per hour over the maximum speed limit.

Credits

1976, June 17, P.L. 162, No. 81, § 1, effective July 1, 1977. Amended 1995, June 13, P.L. 57, No. 9, § 2, effective in 30 days; 1998, Dec. 21, P.L. 1126, No. 151, § 32, effective in 60 days; 2001, June 26, P.L. 734, No. 75, § 6, effective in 60 days; 2013, Nov. 25, P.L. 974, No. 89, § 32, imd. effective; 2014, March 19, P.L. 361, No. 23, § 3.1, imd. effective.
75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3362, PA ST 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3362
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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