§17C-6-10. Enforcement of Article With Respect to Operations of Commercial Motor Vehicles
In addition to enforcement by officers and other persons authorized by law, commercial vehicle enforcement officers of the Public Service Commission of West Virginia may enforce the provisions of this article as they relate to the operation of commercial motor vehicles.
§17C-6-11. Special Speed Limitations When Meeting or Overtaking Waste Service Vehicles; Penalty
(a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle and meet or overtake from either direction a stopped waste service vehicle at a speed in excess of fifteen miles per hour. (b) For purposes of this section, "waste service vehicle" means any garbage collection vehicle, including a vehicle collecting recyclables or yard waste, which is used […]
§17C-6-8. Racing on Streets and Highways Prohibited; Legislative Findings; Penalties; Mandatory Revocation of Licenses
The Legislature hereby determines and finds that the racing of motor vehicles on the public streets and highways of this state, whether within or in excess of the lawful speed limit (much of which racing is commonly referred to as “illegal street racing”), is extremely dangerous to life, limb, and property, and that such racing […]
§17C-6-9. Slow-Moving Vehicle Emblem
(a) All farm machinery and other machinery including all road construction machinery except when guarded by flagmen or flares, designed to operate at twenty-five miles per hour or less, traveling on a public highway during day or night shall display a triangular slow-moving emblem on the rear of the vehicle. (b) The commissioner shall adopt […]
§17C-6-2. Establishment of State Speed Zones
Whenever the state road commissioner shall determine upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that any speed limit set forth in this article is greater or less than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist at any intersection or other place or upon any part of a highway, said commissioner […]
§17C-6-3. When Local Authorities May Alter Speed Limits
(a) At intersection. — Whenever local authorities within their respective jurisdictions determine upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the speed permitted under this chapter at any intersection is greater than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist at such intersection, such local authority subject to subsection (e) of […]
§17C-6-3a. Minimum Speed Regulations; Penalty
(a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law. (b) Whenever the commissioner or local authorities within their respective jurisdiction determine on the basis of an engineering […]
§17C-6-4. Special Speed Limitations on Vehicles Not Designed for Carrying Passengers and Equipped With Pneumatic Tires
Subject to all other speed restrictions of this chapter no person shall drive a vehicle not designed for carrying passengers and equipped with pneumatic tires at a speed in excess of: (1) Twenty miles per hour in any business district;
§17C-6-5. Special Speed Limitations; Penalty
(a) No person shall drive any vehicle equipped with other than pneumatic tires at a speed greater than a maximum of ten miles per hour. (b) No person shall drive a vehicle over any bridge or other elevated structure constituting a part of a highway at a speed which is greater than the maximum speed […]
§17C-6-6. Charging Violations; Rule in Civil Actions
(a) In every charge of violation of any speed regulations in this chapter the complaint, also the summons or notice to appear, shall specify the speed at which the defendant is alleged to have driven, also the speed applicable within the district or at the location and in the event charge shall also be made […]