(A) Speed to be reasonable and prudent. 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 institution maintained and supported by the city, county, or state or upon the grounds and premises of any service station, drive-in theater, supermarket, store, restaurant, 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, § 71.22)
(B) Maximum speeds. Except as otherwise provided by official traffic control signs in places along the streets and as indicated on the official traffic maps, it shall be unlawful to drive a vehicle in excess of the following speeds:
(1) In any business district: 20 mph;
(2) In any residential district: 35 mph;
(3) In places other than those named in divisions (B)(1) and (B)(2) above: 45 mph; this is applicable for:
(a) All vehicles other than passenger cars, regular passenger vehicles, pickup trucks of less than one-ton capacity, and school buses loaded with children; and
(b) All vehicles, of whatever kind, which are engaged in towing, drawing, or pushing another vehicle, provided that this division (B)(3)(b) shall not apply to vehicles engaged in towing, drawing, or pushing trailers with a gross weight of not more than 3,000 pounds.
(4) In places other than those named in divisions (B)(1) and (B)(2) above for passenger cars, regular passenger-carrying vehicles and pickup trucks of less than one-ton capacity: 45 mph.
(Prior Code, § 71.23)
Penalty, see § 70.99
Statutory reference:
Speed restrictions and authority of city to impose certain speed limits, see G.S. §§ 20-141, 20-144, 20-145, and 20-169