MINIMUM SPEED REGULATION
PART III. OPERATION OF VEHICLES
Subchapter F - Speed Restrictions.
§ 3364. Minimum speed regulation.
(a) Impeding movement of traffic prohibited.--Except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law, no person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic.
(b) Slow moving vehicle to drive off roadway.--Except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law, whenever any person drives a vehicle upon a roadway having width for not more than one lane of traffic in each direction at less than the maximum posted speed and at such a slow speed as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, the driver shall, at the first opportunity when and where it is reasonable and safe to do so and after giving appropriate signal, drive completely off the roadway and onto the berm or shoulder of the highway. The driver may return to the roadway after giving appropriate signal only when the movement can be made in safety and so as not to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic.
(c) Establishment of minimum speed limits.--At any other time when the department or local authorities under their respective jurisdictions determine on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that slow speeds on any highway or part of a highway impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, the department or such local authority may determine and declare a minimum speed limit below which no person shall drive a vehicle except when necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law. The minimum limit shall be effective when posted upon appropriate fixed or variable signs.
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[Webmaster note: Section 3366 provides that every citation or complaint for charges of violations of speed provisions in this subchapter shall specify the speed at which the defendant is alleged to have driven and the applicable speed limit.] | |
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[Webmaster note: Section 6502 provides that for violations of provisions of this title (or any provision of a regulation promulgated under the authority of this title) the fine shall be $25 unless otherwise herein provided, and that insofar as it relates to fines and imprisonment for convictions of summary offenses Title 18 is inapplicable to this title.] | |
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