(a) No person shall drive a vehicle on a street at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard to the actual and potential hazards then existing. In every event, speed shall be so controlled as may be necessary to avoid colliding with any person, vehicle or other conveyance on or entering the streets in compliance with legal requirements and the duty of all persons to use due care, or as may be necessary to avoid colliding with any fixed object adjacent to the roadway.
(Ord. A-2964. Passed 7-22-75.)
(b) Where no special hazard exists that requires lower speed for compliance with subsection (a) hereof, the speed of any vehicle not in excess of the limits specified in this section or established as hereinafter authorized shall be lawful, but any speed in excess of the limits specified in this section or established as hereinafter authorized shall be unlawful:
(1) Fifteen miles per hour when passing a school building or school grounds abutting on a road, street or highway during school recess or while children are going to or leaving school during opening or closing hours. Such speed restriction shall not apply to vehicles traveling on a controlled-access highway which is separated from the school or school grounds by a fence or barrier approved by the West Virginia Commissioner of Highways;
(2) Twenty-five miles per hour in any business or residential district; except that the speed of any vehicle traveling on any alley in a residential district shall not exceed fifteen miles per hour.
(3) Fifty-five miles per hour on controlled-access highways, interstate highways, and open country highways, except as otherwise provided by this Article or W. Va. Code Chapter 17C.
The speeds set forth in this section may be altered as authorized in W. Va. Code 17C-6-2 and 17C-6-3.
(Ord. 0-1116. Passed 1-27-04.)
(c) The driver of every vehicle shall, consistent with the requirements of subsection (a) hereof, drive at an appropriate reduced speed when approaching and crossing an intersection or railway grade crossing, when approaching and going around a curve, when approaching a hill crest, when traveling upon any narrow or winding roadway, and when a special hazard exists with respect to pedestrians or other traffic or by reason of weather or street conditions.
(Ord. A-2964. Passed 7-22-75.)