Arkansas Code Title 27, Subtitle 4, Chapter 51, Subchapter 2 - Speed Limits

• § 27-51-201 - Limitations Generally.
  (a) (1) No person shall drive a vehicle on a highway at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and...
• § 27-51-202 - Restrictions Not Applicable to Emergency Vehicles.
  (a) The prima facie speed limitations set forth in this subchapter shall not apply to authorized emergency vehicles when responding to emergency calls when...
• § 27-51-203 - Authority to Establish Limits.
  (a) The determination and establishment of safe maximum and minimum travel speeds for all motor vehicles using the facilities of the state highway system...
• § 27-51-204 - Maximum and Minimum Speed Limits -- Exceptions.
  (a) (1) The State Highway Commission shall determine, based upon studies of the engineering and traffic characteristics thereof, the maximum and minimum desirable speeds...
• § 27-51-205 - Right of Local Authorities to Enforce Limits.
  (a) No local authority shall alter, amend, annul, or abrogate any posted speed regulation on any facility of the state highway system, but may,...
• § 27-51-206 - Local Authorities May Alter Prima Facie Speed Limits.
  (a) Whenever local authorities within their respective jurisdictions determine upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the prima facie speed permitted...
• § 27-51-207 - Assistance to Local Authorities in Determining Limits.
  Local authorities may request professional assistance of the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department in determining reasonable and prudent maximum and minimum speeds for...
• § 27-51-208 - Minimum Speed Regulation.
  (a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic except...
• § 27-51-209 - Driving Over Bridges or Other Elevated Structures.
  (a) No person shall drive a vehicle over any bridge or other elevated structure constituting a part of a highway at a speed which...
• § 27-51-210 - Towing of Manufactured Homes and Mobile Homes.
  (a) No person shall drive a vehicle that is towing a manufactured home or mobile home at a speed greater than fifty-five miles per...
• § 27-51-211 - Use of Nonpneumatic Tires.
  No person shall drive any vehicle equipped with solid rubber or cushion tires at a speed greater than a maximum of ten miles per...
• § 27-51-212 - Speed Limit Near Schools -- Exceptions.
  (a) No person shall operate a motor vehicle in excess of twenty-five miles per hour (25 m.p.h.) when passing a school building or school...
• § 27-51-213 - Erection and Maintenance of Required Signs in School Zones.
  (a) (1) A school zone shall include a distance of three hundred feet (300') on either side of a school building or school grounds...
• § 27-51-214 - Penalties for Speeding in School Zone.
  Any person who violates any of the provisions of § 27-51-212 or § 27-51-213 shall upon conviction be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall...
• § 27-51-215 - [Repealed.]
• § 27-51-216 - Speed Limits and Traffic-Control Devices on County Roads -- Penalty.
  (a) As used in this section, "county road" means a public road that is not a state highway, interstate highway, or city street within...

Last modified: November 15, 2016