(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 chapter 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) Thirty mph on any street except as may be posted otherwise; and
(2) Miles per hour as posted in school zones.
(D) The City Manager has authority to post lower speed limits than those prescribed in this chapter 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, § 71.085) Penalty, see § 70.999
Statutory reference:
Power of city to set maximum speed limits, see 47 O.S. § 11-803