PRINTER'S NO. 1544
No. 1329 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY SCHEAFFER AND W. W. FOSTER, MAY 28, 1975
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 2, 1975
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 29, 1959 (P.L.58, No.32), entitled "An
2 act consolidating and revising the Vehicle Code, the Tractor
3 Code, the Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act and
4 other acts relating to the ownership, possession and use of
5 vehicles and tractors," further providing for speed limits in
6 business or residential districts and public park areas.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 1002, act of April 29,
10 1959 (P.L.58, No.32), known as "The Vehicle Code," is amended by
11 adding a clause to read:
12 Section 1002. Restrictions as to Speed.--
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14 (b) Subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of this
15 section, speeds in excess of the maximum limits hereinafter
16 provided shall be unlawful:
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18 (3.1) Twenty-five (25) miles an hour speed limit: All
19 vehicles, except those restricted by this act to lower maximum
20 speeds, within business or residential districts, or public park
1 areas. An official sign shall be placed at the beginning of the
2 speed zone on the right-hand side of the highway facing the
3 traffic to be controlled, or on the left-hand side of one-way
4 streets. At the end of the speed zone, an official sign shall be
5 similarly placed as to traffic indicating the end of the speed
6 zone.
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8 Section 2. Clause (4) of subsection (b) of section 1002 of
9 the act, amended July 31, 1968 (P.L.1021, No.302), is amended to
10 read:
11 Section 1002. Restrictions as to Speed.--
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13 (b) Subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of this
14 section, speeds in excess of the maximum limits hereinafter
15 provided shall be unlawful:
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17 (4) [Twenty-five (25) or thirty-five (35)] Thirty-five (35)
18 or forty (40) miles an hour speed limit: All vehicles, except
19 those restricted by this act to lower maximum speeds, within
20 business or residence districts, or public park areas, where
21 official signs, erected by the proper authorities, on the right-
22 hand side of the highway facing the traffic to be controlled, or
23 on the left-hand side of one-way streets, are displayed. An
24 official sign shall be similarly placed one-eighth (1/8) of a
25 mile before the beginning of the limited speed zone indicating
26 the maximum speed to be observed in such limited speed zone.
27 This limit shall be observed for a distance beyond said sign for
28 not more than one-eighth (1/8) of a mile. An additional sign
29 shall be placed at intervals not greater than one-eighth (1/8)
30 of a mile, and any extension of such limited zone shall be
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1 marked by additional signs in like manner. At the end of such
2 limited zone, there shall be an official sign, similarly placed
3 as to traffic, indicating the end of the limited zone.
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