PRINTER'S NO. 516
No. 457 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY CIVERA, ADOLPH, SCHULER, PESCI, ARGALL, STABACK,
DeLUCA, GANNON, NOYE, SCRIMENTI, PITTS, VROON, RAYMOND,
McCALL, SAURMAN, HANNA, TRELLO, CORRIGAN, ARMSTRONG, BELARDI,
JOHNSON, BUNT, FARGO, M. N. WRIGHT, MICOZZIE, E. Z. TAYLOR,
LAUGHLIN, ALLEN AND TELEK, MARCH 11, 1991
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 11, 1991
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, relating to the reduction of certain speed limits.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Sections 3363 and 3365(b) of Title 75 of the
6 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
7 § 3363. Alteration of maximum limits.
8 The department or local authorities on highways under their
9 respective jurisdictions, upon the basis of an engineering and
10 traffic investigation, may determine that the maximum speed
11 permitted under this subchapter is greater or less than is
12 reasonable and safe under the conditions found to exist upon any
13 such highway or part thereof and establish a reasonable and safe
14 maximum limit. The maximum speed limit may be made effective at
15 all times or at times indicated and may vary for different
16 weather conditions and other factors bearing on safe speeds. No
1 maximum speed greater than 55 miles per hour shall be
2 established under this section. The department shall reduce by
3 no more than ten miles per hour the speed limit on State
4 highways located in municipalities, other than limited access
5 highways, when a reduction is requested by the local authorities
6 by means of an ordinance or resolution adopted by the governing
7 body of the local authority, which request shall be accompanied
8 by an engineering study that finds that the existing speed limit
9 is excessive. The department shall lower the speed limit in
10 residential districts when requested by the municipality by
11 using the standard traffic study data, except that the
12 percentile speed used shall be the 40th percentile and no other.
13 In no event shall the speed limit be reduced to less than 25
14 miles per hour.
15 § 3365. Special speed limitations.
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17 (b) School zones.--When passing a school zone as defined and
18 established under regulations of the department, no person shall
19 drive a vehicle at a speed greater than 15 miles per hour. An
20 official traffic-control device shall indicate the beginning and
21 end of each school zone to traffic approaching in each
22 direction, and, on a State highway having a designated speed of
23 55 miles per hour, at least 1,500 feet of highway immediately
24 approaching the indicated school zone from either direction
25 shall have a reduced speed limit of not more than 45 miles per
26 hour. Establishment of a school zone, including its location and
27 hours of operation, shall be approved by the department.
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29 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 90 days.
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