CHAPTER 7. Speed Laws
Chapter 7 enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.
§§ 22348–22445.6 · 68 sections
ARTICLE 1. Generally §§ 22348–22366 · 33 sections
- § 22348 (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 22351, a person shall not drive a vehicle upon a highway with a speed limit established pursuant to Section…
- § 22349 (a) Except as provided in Section 22356, no person may drive a vehicle upon a highway at a speed greater than 65 miles per hour. (b) Notwithstanding any other…
- § 22350 No person shall drive a vehicle upon a highway at a speed greater than is reasonable or prudent having due regard for weather, visibility, the traffic on, and…
- § 22351 (a) The speed of any vehicle upon a highway not in excess of the limits specified in Section 22352 or established as authorized in this code is lawful unless…
- § 22352 The prima facie limits are as follows and shall be applicable unless changed as authorized in this code and, if so changed, only when signs have been erected…
- § 22352.5 (a) Notwithstanding Section 22352, a local authority may, by ordinance or resolution, determine and declare a prima facie speed limit of 20 miles per hour in a…
- § 22353 When conducting an engineering and traffic survey, the City of Norco, in addition to the factors set forth in Section 627, may also consider equestrian safety.
- § 22353.2 The City of Burbank may also consider equestrian safety when conducting an engineering and traffic survey of the public streets within the boundaries of the…
- § 22353.3 The City of Glendale may also consider equestrian safety when conducting an engineering and traffic survey of the public streets within the boundaries of the…
- § 22353.4 The City of Los Angeles may also consider equestrian safety when conducting an engineering and traffic survey of the public streets within the boundaries of…
- § 22353.5 When conducting an engineering and traffic survey of the public streets within the boundaries of the common interest development known as Orange Park Acres, in…
- § 22354 (a) Whenever the Department of Transportation determines upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the limit of 65 miles per hour is more than…
- § 22354.5 (a) Whenever the Department of Transportation determines, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey, to increase or decrease the existing speed limit…
- § 22355 Whenever the Department of Transportation determines upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the safe and orderly movement of traffic upon any…
- § 22356 (a) Whenever the Department of Transportation, after consultation with the Department of the California Highway Patrol, determines upon the basis of an…
- § 22357 (a) Whenever a local authority determines upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that a speed greater than 25 miles per hour would facilitate the…
- § 22357.1 Notwithstanding Section 22357, a local authority may, by ordinance or resolution, set a prima facie speed limit of 25 miles per hour on any street, other than…
- § 22358 (a) Whenever a local authority determines upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the limit of 65 miles per hour is more than is reasonable or…
- § 22358.3 Whenever a local authority determines upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the prima facie speed limit of 25 miles per hour in a business…
- § 22358.4 (a) (1) Whenever a local authority determines upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the prima facie speed limit established by subdivision…
- § 22358.5 It is the intent of the Legislature that physical conditions such as width, curvature, grade and surface conditions, or any other condition readily apparent to…
- § 22358.6 (a) The Department of Transportation shall, in the next scheduled revision, revise and thereafter maintain the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control…
- § 22358.7 (a) If the Department of Transportation or a local authority, after completing an engineering and traffic survey, finds that the speed limit is still more than…
- § 22358.8 (a) If the Department of Transportation or a local authority, after completing an engineering and traffic survey, finds that the speed limit is still more than…
- § 22358.9 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the Department of Transportation may or a local authority may, by ordinance, determine and declare a 25- or…
- § 22359 With respect to boundary line streets and highways where portions thereof are within different jurisdictions, no ordinance adopted under Sections 22357 and…
- § 22360 (a) Whenever a local authority determines upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the limit of 65 miles per hour is more than is reasonable or…
- § 22361 On multiple-lane highways with two or more separate roadways different prima facie speed limits may be established for different roadways under any of the…
- § 22362 It is prima facie a violation of the basic speed law for any person to operate a vehicle in excess of the posted speed limit upon any portion of a highway…
- § 22363 Notwithstanding any speed limit that may be in effect upon the highway, the Department of Transportation in respect to state highways, or a local authority…
- § 22364 Whenever the Department of Transportation determines, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey, that the safe and orderly movement of traffic upon…
- § 22365 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any county or city, which is contained, in whole or in part, within the South Coast Air Quality Management…
- § 22366 (a) Whenever the Director of Transportation determines the date upon which the state may establish a maximum speed limit of 65 miles per hour on highways…
ARTICLE 2. Other Speed Laws §§ 22400–22413 · 14 sections
- § 22400 (a) No person shall drive upon a highway at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic unless the reduced speed is…
- § 22401 Local authorities in timing traffic signals may so regulate the timing thereof as to permit the movement of traffic in an orderly and safe manner at speeds…
- § 22402 The Department of Transportation may, in the manner provided in Section 22404 determine the maximum speed, not less than five miles per hour, which can be…
- § 22403 Any local authority may, in the manner provided in Section 22404, determine the maximum speed, not less than five miles per hour, which can be maintained with…
- § 22404 The Department of Transportation or local authority making a determination of the maximum safe speed upon a bridge, elevated structure, tube, or tunnel shall…
- § 22405 (a) No person shall drive a vehicle on any bridge, elevated structure, tube, or tunnel constituting a part of a highway, at a speed which is greater than the…
- § 22406 No person may drive any of the following vehicles on a highway at a speed in excess of 55 miles per hour: (a) A motortruck or truck tractor having three or…
- § 22406.1 (a) A person who operates a commercial motor vehicle, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 15210, upon a highway at a speed exceeding a posted speed limit…
- § 22406.5 Any person who drives a tank vehicle subject to Division 14.7 (commencing with Section 34000) while transporting more than 500 gallons of flammable liquid at a…
- § 22407 Whenever the Department of Transportation or local authority determines upon the basis of engineering studies and a traffic survey that the speed of 55 miles…
- § 22409 No person shall operate any vehicle equipped with any solid tire when such vehicle has a gross weight as set forth in the following table at any speed in…
- § 22410 No person shall operate any vehicle equipped with any metal tire in contact with the surface of the highway at a speed in excess of six miles per hour.
- § 22411 No person shall operate a motorized scooter at a speed in excess of 15 miles per hour.
- § 22413 Whenever a local authority determines upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the prima facie limit of 25 miles per hour is more than is…
ARTICLE 3. Speed Safety System Pilot Program §§ 22425–22431 · 7 sections
- § 22425 (a) As used in this article, the following definitions apply: (1) “Automated speed violation” means a violation of a speed law detected by a speed safety…
- § 22426 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a violation of any speed law pursuant to this chapter that is recorded by a speed safety system authorized pursuant to…
- § 22427 (a) No later than 30 calendar days from the date of mailing of a notice of violation, the recipient may request an initial review of the notice by the issuing…
- § 22428 (a) Within 30 days after personal delivery or mailing of the final decision described in subdivision (c) of Section 22427, the contestant may seek review by…
- § 22429 (a) A designated jurisdiction shall offer a diversion program for indigent speed safety system violation recipients, to perform community service in lieu of…
- § 22430 Any designated jurisdiction that used speed safety systems shall, on or before March 1 of the fifth year in which the system has been implemented, submit to…
- § 22431 This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2032, and as of that date is repealed.
ARTICLE 4. The City of Malibu’s Speed Safety Pilot Program §§ 22435–22441 · 7 sections
- § 22435 (a) As used in this article, the following definitions apply: (1) “Automated speed violation” means a violation of a speed law detected by a speed safety…
- § 22436 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a violation of any speed law pursuant to this chapter that is recorded by a speed safety system authorized pursuant to…
- § 22437 (a) No later than 30 calendar days from the date of mailing of a notice of violation, the recipient may request an initial review of the notice by the issuing…
- § 22438 (a) Within 30 days after personal delivery or mailing of the final decision described in subdivision (c) of Section 22437, the contestant may seek review by…
- § 22439 (a) A designated jurisdiction shall offer a diversion program for indigent speed safety system violation recipients, to perform community service in lieu of…
- § 22440 The designated jurisdiction that used a speed safety system shall, on or before March 1 of the fifth year in which the system has been implemented, submit to…
- § 22441 This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2032, and as of that date is repealed.
ARTICLE 5. State Highway Work Zone Speed Safety Program §§ 22445–22445.6 · 7 sections
- § 22445 (a) As used in this article, the following definitions apply: (1) “Automated speed violation” means a violation of a speed law detected by a speed safety…
- § 22445.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a violation of any speed law pursuant to this chapter that is recorded by a speed safety system authorized pursuant to…
- § 22445.2 (a) No later than 30 calendar days from the date of mailing of a notice of violation, the recipient may request an initial review of the notice by the…
- § 22445.3 (a) Within 30 days after personal delivery or mailing of the final decision described in subdivision (c) of Section 22445.2, the contestant may seek review by…
- § 22445.4 (a) The department shall offer the ability for indigent speed safety system violation recipients to pay applicable fines and penalties over a period of time…
- § 22445.5 (a) No later than two years after the commencement of the state highway work zone speed safety program, and annually thereafter, the department shall prepare…
- § 22445.6 This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2032, and as of that date is repealed.