TRAFFIC CODE
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9-21-5-8.5. Low speed vehicles
9-21-5-9.
Slow moving vehicles to travel in right lanes
on interstate.
9-21-5-10.
Maximum speed limits on bridges or other
elevated structures.
9-21-5-11.
Speed limits at worksites.
9-21-5-13.
Penalty.
9-21-5-14.
Speed limits for school buses and special
purpose buses.
9-21-5-1. Speed greater than reasonable
under conditions.
A person may not drive a vehicle on a high-
way at a speed greater than is reasonable and pru-
dent under the conditions, having regard to the
actual and potential hazards then existing. Speed
shall be restricted as necessary to avoid colliding
with a person, vehicle, or other conveyance on,
near, or entering a highway in compliance with
legal requirements and with the duty of all persons
to use due care.
9-21-5-2. Maximum lawful speeds.
Except when a special hazard exists that
requires lower speed for compliance with sec-
tion 1 of this chapter, the slower speed limit spec-
ified in this section or established as authorized by
section 3 of this chapter is the maximum lawful
speed. Aperson may not drive a vehicle on a high-
way at a speed in excess of the following maxi-
mum limits:
(1) Thirty (30) miles per hour in an urban
district.
(2) Fifty-five (55) miles per hour, except
as provided in subdivisions (1), (3), (4), (5),
(6), and (7).
(3) Seventy (70) miles per hour on a high-
way on the national system of interstate and
defense highways located outside of an
urbanized area (as defined in 23 U.S.C.
101) with a population of at least fifty
thousand (50,000), except as provided in
subdivision (4).
(4) Sixty-five (65) miles per hour for a
vehicle (other than a bus) having a declared
gross weight greater than twenty-six thou-
sand (26,000) pounds on a highway on
the national system of interstate and
defense highways located outside an urban-
ized area (as defined in 23 U.S.C. 101)
with a population of at least fifty thou-
sand (50,000).
(5) Sixty-give (65) miles per hour on:
(A) U.S. 20 from the intersection of
U.S. 20 and County Road 17 in Elkhart
County to the intersection of U.S. 20
and U.S. 31 in St. Joseph County;
(B) U.S. 31 from the intersection of
U.S. 31 and U.S. 20 in St. Joseph
County to the boundary line between
Indiana and Michigan; and
(C) a highway classified by the Indiana
department of transportation as an
INDOT Freeway.
(6) On a highway that is the responsibility
of the Indiana finance authority estab-
lished by IC 4-4-11:
(A) seventy (70) miles per hour for:
(i) a motor vehicle having a
declared gross weight of not more
than twenty-six thousand (26,000)
pounds; or
(ii) a bus; or
(B) sixty-five (65) miles per hour for a
motor vehicle having a declared gross
weight greater than twenty-six thou-
sand (26,000) pounds.
(7) Sixty (60) miles per hour on a highway
that:
(A) is not designated as a part of the
national system of interstate and
defense highways;
(B) has four (4) or more lanes;
(C) is divided into two (2) or more
roadways by:
(i) an intervening space that is
unimproved and not intended for
vehicular travel;
(ii) a physical barrier; or
(iii) a dividing section constructed
to impede vehicular traffic; and
(D) is located outside an urbanized
area (as defined in 23 U.S.C. 101) with
a population of at least fifty thousand
(50,000).
(8) Fifteen (15) miles per hour in an alley.
9-21-5-4. Conditions requiring driving at
reduced speed.
