(A) Notwithstanding a maximum speed limit enumerated in this code, no person shall drive a vehicle upon any alley, highway, roadway, street, or public parking area at a speed greater than or less than is reasonable or prudent under the conditions then existing, considering visibility, amount of traffic, condition of roadway surface, presence of pedestrians, obstruction of view, and other similar facts.
(B) No person shall drive any vehicle upon a street at a speed greater than will permit him or her to bring it to a stop within the assured clear distance ahead.
(C) Except when a special hazard exists that requires lower speed for compliance with division (A) above, the limits specified in this subchapter or established as authorized shall be maximum lawful speeds. No person shall drive a vehicle on a highway at a speed in excess of such maximum limits as follows:
(1) Twenty-five miles per hour on any street unless otherwise provided herein; and
(2) Miles per hour as posted in school zones.
(D) Town personnel has authority to post lower speed limits than those prescribed in this subchapter where special hazards exist.
(E) The fact that the speed of a vehicle is lower than the designated limits shall not relieve the driver from the duty to decrease speed when approaching and crossing an intersection, when approaching and going around a curve, when approaching a hill crest, when traveling upon any narrow winding roadway, or when a special hazard exists with respect to pedestrians or other traffic, or by reason of weather or highway conditions, and speed shall be decreased as may be necessary to avoid colliding with any person or vehicle or on entering the roadway in compliance with legal requirement and the duty of all persons to use due care and precaution.
(Prior Code, § 15-701) Penalty, see § 71.999
Statutory reference:
When local authorities may and shall alter maximum limits, see 47 O.S. § 11-803