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§ 72.21 DRIVING OVERLOADED OR OVERCROWDED VEHICLE.
   No person shall operate upon a street or highway a motor vehicle which is so loaded or crowded with passengers or property, or both, as to obstruct the operator’s view of the street or highway, including intersections, or so as to impair or restrict otherwise the proper operation of the vehicle.
(Prior Code, § 6-48) Penalty, see § 70.99
Statutory reference:
   Related provisions, see G.S. § 20-140.2
SPEED RESTRICTIONS
§ 72.35 REASONABLE AND PRUDENT LIMITATION.
   No person shall drive a vehicle on a highway or on any parking lot, drive, driveway, road, roadway, street or alley, upon the grounds and premises of any public or private hospital, college, university, benevolent institution, school, orphanage, church or any of the institutions maintained and supported by the state or any of its subdivision, or upon the grounds and premises of any service station, drive in theater, supermarket, store, restaurant or office building, or any other business or municipal establishment, providing parking space for customers, patrons or the public at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions then existing.
(Prior Code, § 6-49) Penalty, see § 70.99
Statutory reference:
   Related provisions, see G.S. § 20-141
§ 72.36 WHEN DUTY TO DECREASE EXISTS.
   The fact that the speed of a vehicle is lower than the limits established by this subchapter 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 hillcrest, when traveling upon any narrow or winding roadway, or when special hazards exist with respect to pedestrians or other traffic or by reasons of weather or street conditions, and speed shall be decreased as may be necessary to avoid colliding with any person, vehicle or other conveyance on or entering the street or highway, and to avoid causing injury to any person or property either on or off the street or highway, in compliance with legal requirements and the duty of all persons to use due care.
(Prior Code, § 6-50)
Statutory reference:
   Related provisions, see G.S. § 20-141
§ 72.37 VARIATION OF MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS.
   The Town Council may alter the maximum speed limit as established in this subchapter on any street or portion thereof which is not a part of the state highway system and which is not maintained by the state’s Highway Commission in accordance with the provisions of G.S. § 20-141(f). No such alteration of the speed limits shall become or remain effective unless signs have been conspicuously placed giving notice of such speed limit for such street.
(Prior Code, § 6-51)
§ 72.38 EXEMPTION FROM SUBCHAPTER.
   The speed limitations set forth in this subchapter shall not apply to vehicles when operated with due regard for safety under the direction of the police in the chase or apprehension of violators of the law or of persons charged with or suspected of any such violation, nor to Fire Department or fire patrol vehicles when traveling in response to a fire alarm, nor to public or private ambulances when traveling in emergencies, nor to vehicles operated by the duly authorized officers, agents and employees of the state’s Utilities Commission when traveling in performance of their duties in regulating and checking the traffic and speed of buses, trucks, motor vehicles and motor vehicle carriers subject to the regulations and jurisdiction of the state’s Utilities Commission. This exemption shall not, however, protect the driver of any such vehicle from the consequence of a reckless disregard of the safety of others.
(Prior Code, § 6-52)
Statutory reference:
   Related provisions, see G.S. § 20-145