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Z7 t a i . 169.14 TRAFFIC REGULATIONS 330 ? 331 i 169.131 [Repealed, 1976 c 103 s 11 _.° speed 169.132 [Repealed, 1977 c 347 s 29] _ , tions or sal 169.14 SPEED RESTRICTIONS. upon Subdivision 1. Basic rule; inattentive driving.No person shall drive a vehicle on a signs t highway at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions. Every rti there driver is responsible for becoming and remaining aware of the actual and potential haz- in ex( ards then existing on the highway and must use due care in operating a vehicle.In every , - able event speed shall be so restricted as may be necessary to avoid colliding with any per- palit� son, vehicle or other conveyance on or entering the highway in compliance with legal Alter requirements and the duty of all persons to use due care. of th Subd. 2.Speed limits.(a)Where no special hazard exists the following speeds shall , be lawful,but any speeds in excess of such limits shall be prima facie evidence that the "+ speed is not reasonable or prudent and that it is unlawful; except that the speed limit speer within any municipality shall be a maximum limit and any speed in excess thereof shall engil be unlawful: tion. I (1) 30 miles per hour in an urban district; cons effec (2) 65 miles per hour in other locations during the daytime; hour (3) 55 miles per hour in such other locations during the nighttime; 15 n (4) ten miles per hour in alleys; and spee t (5) 25 miles per hour in residential roadways if adopted by the road authority hav- per 1 i ing jurisdiction over the residential roadway. t ' (b) A speed limit adopted under paragraph (a), clause (5), is not effective unless �' igna j the road authority has erected signs designating the speed limit and indicating the . epee beginning and end of the residential roadway on which the speed limit applies. erec (c) "Daytime" means from a half hour before sunrise to a half hour after sunset, ; juri! except at any time when due to weather or other conditions there is not sufficient light to render clearly discernible persons and vehicles at a distance of 500 feet."Nighttime" or h means at any other hour or at any time when due to weather or other conditions there or h is not sufficient light to render.clearly discernible persons and vehicles at a distance of pCO 500 feet. dev Subd. 3. Reduced speed required.The driver of any vehicle shall, consistent with r. 1n F the requirements, drive at an appropriate reduced speed when approaching and cross- sha ing an intersection or railway grade crossing, when approaching and going around a r curve,when approaching a hill crest,when traveling upon any narrow or winding road- r, in c way, and when special hazards exist with respect to pedestrians or other traffic or by : . lim reason of weather or highway conditions. l' tral def Subd. 4. Establishment of zones by commissioner.On determining upon the basis b of an engineering and traffic investigation that any speed set forth in this section is y ` greater or less than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist on any. me +' trunk highway or upon an ,_'' so .� gh y p y part thereof,the commissioner may erect appropriate signs spe ;. designating a reasonable and safe speed limit thereat, which speed limit shall be effec- ;,: is tive when such signs are erected.Any speeds in excess of such limits shall be prima facie [; evidence that the speed is not reasonable or prudent and that it is unlawful;except that ;r of any speed limit within any municipality shall be a maximum limit and any speed in {_ ere excess thereof shall be unlawful.On determining upon that basis that a part of the trunk highway system outside a municipality should be a zone of maximum speed limit, the t:, fol commissioner may establish that part as such a zone by erecting appropriate signs in, showing the beginning and end of the zone, designating a reasonable and safe speed be itherefor, which may be different than the speed set forth in this section, and.that it is a zone of maximum speed limit. The speed so designated by the commissioner within hi. any such zone shall be a maximum speed limit,and speed in excess of such limit shall. ur be unlawful. The commissioner may in the sameanner from time to time alter the ;. hi 1 boundary of such a zone and the speed limit 1Rgte or eliminate such zone. ' ar 1 i Subd. 5.Zoning within local areas.When local authorities believe that the existing _ hi