(A) Restrictions as to speed. Any person driving a vehicle on a street or highway shall drive the same at a careful and prudent speed not greater than is reasonable and proper, having due regard to the traffic, surface, and width of the street or highway and to any other conditions existing, and no person shall drive any vehicle upon a highway or street at such a speed as to endanger the life, limb, or property of any person.
(Prior Code, § 12-5-1)
(B) Speed limitations. It shall be unlawful for any driver to drive any vehicle upon a highway or streets of the city or in any municipal park at a greater rate of speed than the following:
(1) Fifteen mph when approaching within 50 feet of a railroad grade crossing when the driver’s view is obstructed. A driver’s view shall be deemed to be obstructed when at any time during the last 200 feet of his or her approach to such crossing he or she does not have a clear and uninterrupted view of such crossing and of any traffic on such railway for a distance of 400 feet in such direction from such crossing;
(2) Fifteen mph when passing a school during a school recess or while children are going to or leaving school during the opening or closing hours;
(3) Fifteen mph when approaching within 50 feet and in traversing an intersection of streets when the driver’s view is obstructed. A driver’s view shall be deemed to be obstructed when at any time during the last 50 feet of his or her approach to such intersection he or she does not have a clear and uninterrupted view of such intersection for a distance of 200 feet from such intersection;
(4) Twenty-five mph on “Thru Streets”;
(5) Fifteen mph in the city parks, and in the city cemetery; and
(6) All other roads and highways as posted.
(Prior Code, § 12-5-2)