TRAFFIC CODE
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The driver of each vehicle shall, consistent
with section 1 of this chapter, drive at an appro-
priate reduced speed as follows:
(1) When approaching and crossing an
intersection or railway grade crossing.
(2) When approaching and going around a
curve.
(3) When approaching a hill crest.
(4) When traveling upon a narrow or wind-
ing roadway.
(5) When special hazard exists with respect
to pedestrians or other traffic or by reason
of weather or highway conditions.
9-21-5-5. Dimensions of vehicles required to
operate at 55 mph or below.
In addition to the other limitations in this
chapter, and in any oversize vehicle permit issued
under IC 9-20, a vehicle that exceeds:
(1) a width of ten (10) feet, six (6) inches;
(2) a height of thirteen (13) feet, six (6)
inches; or
(3) a length of eighty-five (85) feet;
may not be operated at a speed greater than fifty-
five (55) miles per hour.
9-21-5-7. Motor vehicles driving at slow
speed impeding traffic.
A person may not drive a motor vehicle at a
slow speed that impedes or blocks the normal
and reasonable movement of traffic, except when
reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or
in compliance with the law. A person who is
driving at a slow speed so that three (3) or more
other vehicles are blocked and cannot pass on
the left around the vehicle shall give right-of-
way to the other vehicles by pulling off to the right
of the right lane at the earliest reasonable oppor-
tunity and allowing the blocked vehicles to pass.
9-21-5-8.5. Low speed vehicles [effective
January 1, 2015].
Aperson may not operate a low speed vehicle
on a highway that has a speed limit in excess of
thirty-five (35) miles per hour.
9-21-5-9. Slow moving vehicles to travel in
right lane on interstates.
A vehicle that travels at a speed less than the
established maximum shall travel in the right
lanes to provide for better flow of traffic on the
interstate highways.
9-21-5-10. Maximum speed limits on bridges
or other elevated structures.
(a) A person may not drive a vehicle over a
bridge or other elevated structure constituting a
part of a highway at a speed that is greater than the
maximum speed that can be maintained with
safety to the bridge or structure, when the struc-
ture is signposted as provided in this section.
(b) The Indiana department of transportation
may conduct an investigation of a bridge or other
elevated structure constituting a part of a highway.
If the Indiana department of transportation finds
that the structure cannot with safety to the struc-
ture withstand vehicles traveling at the speed oth-
erwise permissible under this chapter, the Indiana
department of transportation shall determine and
declare the maximum speed of vehicles that the
structure can withstand. The Indiana department
of transportation shall cause or permit suitable
signs stating the maximum speed to be erected and
maintained at a distance of one hundred (100)
feet or as near as practicable before each end of
the structure.
(c) Upon the trial of a person charged with a
violation of this section, proof of the determina-
tion of the maximum speed by the Indiana depart-
ment of transportation and the existence of signs
erected under subsection (b) constitutes conclusive
evidence of the maximum speed that can be main-
tained with safety to the bridge or structure.
9-21-5-11. Speed limits at worksites.
(a) Subject to subsection (b), the Indiana
department of transportation, the Indiana finance
authority, or a local authority may establish tem-
porary maximum speed limits in their respective
jurisdictions and in the vicinity of a worksite
without conducting an engineering study and
investigation required under this article. The
establishing authority shall post signs notifying the
traveling public of the temporary maximum speed
limits established under this section.
(b) Worksite speed limits set under this section
must be at least (10) miles per hour below the max-
imum established speed limit.
(c) A worksite speed limit set under this sec-
tion may be enforced only if:
(1) workers are present in the immediate
