Virginia SB 558: Speed limits for certain large vehicles; sets maximum limit on U.S. Route 17 in certain areas.

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SENATE BILL NO. 558 

Offered January 8, 2020 

Prefiled January 7, 2020 

A BILL to amend and reenact � 46.2-870 of the Code of 
 Virginia, relating to speed limit for certain large vehicles; U.S. Route 17. 
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Patrons-- Vogel and Stuart 

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Referred to Committee on Transportation 

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That � 46.2-870 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted 
 as follows:

� 46.2-870. Maximum speed limits generally.

A. Except 
 as otherwise provided in this article, the maximum speed limit shall be 55 
 miles per hour on interstate highways or other limited access highways with 
 divided roadways, nonlimited access highways having four or more lanes, and all 
 state primary highways.

The maximum speed limit on all other highways shall be 55 
 miles per hour if the vehicle is a passenger motor vehicle, bus, pickup or 
 panel truck, or a motorcycle, but 45 miles per hour on such highways if the 
 vehicle is a truck, tractor truck, or combination of vehicles designed to 
 transport property, or is a motor vehicle being used to tow a vehicle designed 
 for self-propulsion, or a house trailer.

B. Notwithstanding 
 the foregoing provisions of this section, the maximum speed limit shall be 70 
 miles per hour where indicated by lawfully placed signs, erected subsequent to 
 a traffic engineering study and analysis of available and appropriate accident 
 and law-enforcement data, on (i) interstate highways; (ii) multilane, divided, 
 limited access highways; and (iii) high-occupancy vehicle lanes if such lanes 
 are physically separated from regular travel lanes. The maximum speed limit 
 shall be 60 miles per hour where indicated by lawfully placed signs, erected 
 subsequent to a traffic engineering study and analysis of available and 
 appropriate accident and law-enforcement data, on U.S. Route 17, U.S. Route 23, 
 U.S. Route 29, U.S. Route 58, U.S. Alternate Route 58, U.S. Route 301, U.S. 
 Route 360, U.S. Route 460, U.S. Route 501 between the Town of South Boston and 
 the North Carolina state line, State Route 3, and State Route 207 where such 
 routes are nonlimited access, multilane, divided highways.

C. Notwithstanding the 
 foregoing provisions of this section and � 46.2-878, the maximum speed 
 limit on U.S. Route 17 between the Town of Warrenton and the census-designated 
 place of Marshall in the Fauquier County shall 
 be 55 miles per hour if the vehicle is a passenger motor vehicle, bus, pickup 
 or panel truck, or a motorcycle, but 45 miles per hour on such highways if the 
 vehicle is a truck, tractor truck, or combination of vehicles designed to 
 transport property, or is a motor vehicle being used to tow a vehicle designed 
 for self-propulsion, or a house trailer.