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§47-11-801. Basic rule - Maximum and minimum limits – Fines and penalties.
A. Any person driving a vehicle on a highway shall drive the same at a careful and prudent speed not greater than nor less than is reasonable and proper, having due regard to the traffic, surface and width of the highway and any other conditions then existing. No person shall drive any vehicle upon a highway at a speed greater than will permit the driver to bring it to a stop within the assured clear distance ahead.
6. For any vehicle or combination of vehicles with solid rubber or metal tires, ten (10) miles per hour.
The maximum speed limits set forth in this section may be altered as authorized in Sections 11-802 and 11-803 of this title.
C. The Commission is hereby authorized to prescribe maximum and minimum speeds for all vehicles and any combinations of vehicles using controlled-access highways. Such regulations shall become effective after signs have been posted on these highways giving notice thereof. Such regulations may apply to an entirely controlled-access highway or to selected sections thereof as may be designated by the Commission. It shall be a violation of this section to drive any vehicle at a faster rate of speed than such prescribed maximum or at a slower rate of speed than such prescribed minimum. However, all vehicles shall at all times conform to the limits set forth in subsection A of this section.
Copies of such regulations certified as in effect on any particular date by the Secretary of the Commission shall be accepted as evidence in any court in this state. Whenever changes have been made in speed zones, copies of such regulations shall be filed with the Commissioner of Public Safety.
D. The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority is hereby authorized to prescribe maximum and minimum speeds for trucks, buses and automobiles using turnpikes. The regulation pertaining to automobiles shall apply to all vehicles not commonly classified as either trucks or buses. Such regulations shall become effective only after approval by the Commissioner of Public Safety, and after signs have been posted on the turnpike giving notice thereof. Such regulations may apply to an entire turnpike project or to selected sections thereof as may be designated by the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority. It shall be a violation of this section to drive a vehicle at a faster rate of speed than such prescribed maximum speed or at a slower rate of speed than such prescribed minimum speed. However, all vehicles shall at all times conform to the requirements of subsection A of this section.
Copies of such regulations, certified as in effect on any particular date by the Secretary of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, shall be accepted in evidence in any court in this state.
E. The driver of every vehicle shall, consistent with the requirements of subsection A of this section, 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 hillcrest, when driving upon any narrow or winding roadway, and when special hazard exists with respect to pedestrians or other traffic, or by reason of weather or highway conditions. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation and the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority may post, by changeable message sign or other appropriate sign, a temporary reduced speed limit for maintenance operations or when special hazards with respect to pedestrians, other traffic, an accident, by reason of weather or when other hazardous highway conditions exist.
c.the board of county commissioners shall forward the resolution to the Director of the Department and to the Commissioner of Public Safety.
The appropriate board of county commissioners shall reimburse the Department the full cost of the signage required herein.
or by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) days; for a second conviction within one (1) year after the first conviction, by imprisonment for not more than twenty (20) days; and upon a third or subsequent conviction within one (1) year after the first conviction, by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Added by Laws 1961, p. 383, § 11-801, eff. Sept. 1, 1961. Amended by Laws 1969, c. 200, § 1; Laws 1970, c. 336, § 1, emerg. eff. April 23, 1970; Laws 1973, c. 112, § 2; Laws 1996, c. 324, § 1; Laws 1999, c. 145, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 1999, c. 328, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2000, c. 285, § 1, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2001, c. 133, § 1, emerg. eff. April 24, 2001; Laws 2001, c. 435, § 7, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2003, c. 279, § 4, emerg. eff. May 26, 2003; Laws 2008, c. 319, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2008; Laws 2015, c. 294, § 1, eff. July 1, 2015; Laws 2016, c. 163, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2016; Laws 2016, c. 276, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.
NOTE: Laws 1999, c. 299, § 1 repealed by Laws 2000, c. 285, § 5, eff. July 1, 2000.

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