(A) Subject to all other speed restrictions of this title no person shall drive a vehicle not designed for carrying passengers and equipped with pneumatic tires at a speed in excess of:
(1) In any business district, unless otherwise posted: 25 mph;
(2) In any residence district, unless otherwise posted: 25 mph; and
(3) (a) Forty mph on open country highway, unless otherwise posted: 40 mph.
(b) Trucks licensed at 8,000 pounds gross vehicle weight or less shall be permitted the same speed as passenger cars, unless otherwise posted.
(B) (1) No person shall drive any vehicle equipped with other than pneumatic tires at a speed greater than a maximum of ten mph.
(2) No person shall drive a vehicle over any bridge or other elevated structure constituting a part of a street or highway at a speed which is greater than the maximum speed which can be maintained with safety to such bridge or structure, when such structure is so signposted.
(Ord. passed 5-11-2021) Penalty, see § 71.999
Statutory reference:
Special speed limitations; penalty, see W. Va. Code 17C-6-4 and 17C-6-5