speeding limit??

[Bigrepp61]

OK so im not sure if this as actual fact or not but my finacee was watching the news and they said the the PA speeding limit for lincence revocation was dropped from 20mph over to 10 mph over the legal limit.... any one out there with some info???

[zackattack784]

Seeing as you need to be doing over 10mph for them to even cite you if they're using time traps (or whatever they're called), I highly doubt it.

And it was never 20, at least not that I know of.

For some reason 26mph seems significant to me for something, but I'm not exactly sure what for.

[Bigrepp61]

see i thought it was somewhere between 25 and 30 over to get you the ammount of ppoints to lose your licence but again i wasnt sure.... i try to stay around the posted limits just to be sure.

[ehidle]

§ 3362. Maximum speed limits



(a) General rule.--Except when a special hazard exists that requires lower speed for compliance with section 3361 (relating to driving vehicle at safe speed), the limits specified in this section or established under this subchapter shall be maximum lawful speeds and no person shall drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of the following maximum limits:

(1) 35 miles per hour in any urban district.

(1.1) 65 miles per hour for all vehicles on freeways where the department has posted a 65-miles-per-hour speed limit.

(1.2) 25 miles per hour in a residence district, if the highway:

(i) is not a numbered traffic route; and

(ii) is functionally classified by the department as a local highway.

(2) 55 miles per hour in other locations.

(3) Any other maximum speed limit established under this subchapter.


(b) Posting of speed limit.--

(1) No maximum speed limit established under subsection (a)(1), (1.2) or (3) shall be effective unless posted on fixed or variable official traffic-control devices erected in accordance with regulations adopted by the department which regulations shall require posting at the beginning and end of each speed zone and at intervals not greater than one-half mile.

(2) No maximum speed limit established under subsection (a)(1.1) shall be effective unless posted on fixed or variable official traffic-control devices erected after each interchange on the portion of highway on which the speed limit is in effect and wherever else the department shall determine.


(c) Penalty.--

(1) Any person violating this section is guilty of a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of:

(i) $42.50 for violating a maximum speed limit of 65 miles per hour; or

(ii) $35 for violating any other maximum speed limit.

(2) Any person exceeding the maximum speed limit by more than five miles per hour shall pay an additional fine of $2 per mile for each mile in excess of five miles per hour over the maximum speed limit.

3362 Exceeding maximum speed (Miles over Speed Limit):
6 to 10 2 Points
11 to 15 and 3 Points
16 to 25 and 4 Points
26 to 30 and 5 Points
31 and over Departmental Hearing and Sanctions provided under Section 1538(d) and 5 Points

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[Bigrepp61]

thanks for the schooling there.... good read...