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27-51-206. Local authorities may alter prima facie speed limits.
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27-51-206. Local authorities may alter prima facie speed limits.
(a) Whenever local authorities within their respective jurisdictions determine upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the prima facie speed permitted under this subchapter at any intersection is greater than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist at the intersection, then the local authority shall determine and declare a reasonable and safe prima facie speed limit, which shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice are erected at such intersection or upon the approaches thereto if approved by the State Highway Commission.
(b) Local authorities in their respective jurisdictions may, in their discretion, authorize by ordinance higher prima facie speeds than those stated in § 27-51-201 upon through highways or upon highways or portions thereof where there are no intersections or between widely spaced intersections, if signs are erected giving notice of the authorized speed, but local authorities shall not have authority to modify or alter the basic rule set forth in § 27-51-201(a) or in any event to authorize by ordinance a speed in excess of forty-five miles per hour (45 m.p.h.).
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 27-51-206
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27-51-206. Local authorities may alter prima facie speed limits.
(a) Whenever local authorities within their respective jurisdictions determine upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the prima facie speed permitted under this subchapter at any intersection is greater than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist at the intersection, then the local authority shall determine and declare a reasonable and safe prima facie speed limit, which shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice are erected at such intersection or upon the approaches thereto if approved by the State Highway Commission.
(b) Local authorities in their respective jurisdictions may, in their discretion, authorize by ordinance higher prima facie speeds than those stated in § 27-51-201 upon through highways or upon highways or portions thereof where there are no intersections or between widely spaced intersections, if signs are erected giving notice of the authorized speed, but local authorities shall not have authority to modify or alter the basic rule set forth in § 27-51-201(a) or in any event to authorize by ordinance a speed in excess of forty-five miles per hour (45 m.p.h.).
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
27-51-201. Limitations generally — Definition. [Effective until July 1, 2020.]
(a)(1) No person shall drive a vehicle on a highway at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard to the actual and potential hazards then existing.
(2) In every event, speed shall be so controlled as may be necessary to avoid colliding with any person, vehicle, or other conveyance on or entering the highway in compliance with legal requirements and the duty of all persons to use due care.
(b)(1) Upon an engineering and traffic investigation, the State Highway Commission may increase the speed limit of a controlled-access highway to seventy-five miles per hour (75 m.p.h).
(2) The maximum permissible speeds on controlled-access highways shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice are erected along the highway by the Arkansas Department of Transportation.
(c) On all facilities other than controlled-access highways, except when a special hazard exists that requires lower speed for compliance with subsection (a) of this section, the limits specified in this section or established as authorized shall be maximum lawful speeds, and a person shall not drive a vehicle on a highway at a speed in excess of:
(1) Thirty miles per hour (30 m.p.h.) in any urban district;
(2) Fifty miles per hour (50 m.p.h.) for trucks of one-and-one-half-ton capacity or more in other locations;
(3) Sixty-five miles per hour (65 m.p.h.) for other motor vehicles in other locations; and
(4) A motor vehicle which is over width, over length, or over height or the gross load of which is in excess of sixty-four thousand pounds (64,000 lbs), excluding the front axle, even if operated under a special permit, shall not be operated in excess of thirty miles per h
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 27-51-201
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 27-51-201. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
27-51-201. Limitations generally — Definition. [Effective July 1, 2020.]
(a)(1) No person shall drive a vehicle on a highway at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard to the actual and potential hazards then existing.
(2) In every event, speed shall be so controlled as may be necessary to avoid colliding with any person, vehicle, or other conveyance on or entering the highway in compliance with legal requirements and the duty of all persons to use due care.
(b)(1)(A) The maximum speed limit for a motor vehicle operated on a controlled-access highway is seventy-five miles per hour (75 m.p.h.) if the controlled-access highway:
(i) Is located outside an urban area; and
(ii) Has at least four (4) lanes that are divided by a median strip.
(B) The maximum speed limit for a commercial motor vehicle operated on a controlled-access highway described in subdivision (b)(1)(A) of this section is seventy miles per hour (70 m.p.h.).
(2) The Arkansas Department of Transportation shall erect the appropriate signs giving notice of the maximum speed limit provided in subdivision (b)(1)(A) of this section along the controlled-access highway.
(3) Upon an engineering and traffic investigation, the State Highway Commission may decrease the maximum speed limit on a controlled-access highway from the speed limit provided by subdivision (b)(1) of this section.
(c) On all facilities other than controlled-access highways under subdivision (b)(1) of this section, except when a special hazard exists that requires lower speed for compliance with subsection (a) of this section, the limits specified in this section or established as authorized shall be maximum lawful speeds, and a person shall not drive a vehicle on a highway at a speed
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 27-51-201
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 27-51-201. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.