Oklahoma SB 1385: Motor vehicles; adding certain highways to certain speed limit restrictions. Effective date.

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 56th Legislature (2018)

SENATE BILL 1385 By: Standridge

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to motor vehicles; amending 47 O.S.
2011, Section 11-801, as last amended by Section 1,
Chapter 276, O.S.L. 2016 (47 O.S. Supp. 2017, Section
11-801), which relates to speed limitations; adding
certain highways to certain speed limitation
restrictions; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2011, Section 11-801, as
last amended by Section 1, Chapter 276, O.S.L. 2016 (47 O.S. Supp.
2017, Section 11-801), is amended to read as follows:
Section 11-801. 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.
B. Except when a special hazard exists that requires lower
speed for compliance with subsection A of this section, the limits

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specified by law or established as hereinafter authorized shall be
maximum lawful speeds, and no person shall drive a vehicle on a
highway at a speed in excess of the following maximum limits:
1. On a highway or part of a highway, unless otherwise
established in law, a speed established by the Department of
Transportation on the basis of engineering and traffic
investigations used to determine the speed that is reasonable and
safe under the conditions found to exist on the highway or part of
the highway;
2. Eighty-five (85) miles per hour on the Turner Turnpike;
3. For a school bus, fifty-five (55) miles per hour on paved
two-lane roads except on the state highway system, the interstate
highway system and the turnpike system where the maximum shall be
sixty-five (65) miles per hour;
3. 4. On any highway outside of a municipality in a properly
marked school zone, twenty-five (25) miles per hour, provided the
zone is marked with appropriate warning signs placed in accordance
with the latest edition of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control
Devices. The Department of Transportation may determine on the
basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that a speed limit
higher than twenty-five (25) miles per hour may be reasonable and
safe under conditions as they exist upon a highway, and post an
alternative school zone speed limit. The Department shall mark such
school zones, or entrances and exits onto highways by buses or

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students, so that the maximum speed provided by this section shall
be established therein. Exits and entrances to controlled-access
highways which are within such school zones shall be marked in the
same manner as other highways. The county commissioners shall mark
such school zones along the county roads so that the maximum speed
provided by this section shall be established therein. The signs
may be either permanent or temporary. The Department shall give
priority over all other signing projects to the foregoing duty to
mark school zones. The Department shall also provide other safety
devices for school zones which are needed in the opinion of the
Department;
4. 5. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour or a posted alternative
school zone speed limit through state schools located on the state-
owned land adjoining or outside the limits of a corporate city or
town where a state educational institution is established;
5. 6. Thirty-five (35) miles per hour on a highway in any state
park or wildlife refuge. Provided, however, that the provisions of
this paragraph shall not include the State Capitol park area, and no
person shall drive any vehicle at a rate of speed in excess of
fifty-five (55) miles per hour on any state or federal designated
highway within such areas; and
6. 7. For any vehicle or combination of vehicles with solid
rubber or metal tires, ten (10) miles per hour.

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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