2006 Code of Virginia § 46.2-872 - Maximum speed limits for vehicles operating under special permits

46.2-872. Maximum speed limits for vehicles operating under special permits.

The maximum speed limit shall be fifty-five miles per hour on any highwayhaving a posted speed limit of fifty-five miles or more per hour if thevehicle or combination of vehicles is operating under a special permit issuedby the Commissioner in accordance with 46.2-1139 or 46.2-1149.2. TheCommissioner may, however, further reduce the speed limit on any permitissued in accordance with 46.2-1139.

(Code 1950, 46-212; 1950, p. 881; 1952, c. 666; 1954, c. 244; 1956, c. 364;1958, c. 541, 46.1-193; 1960, c. 153; 1962, c. 307; 1964, cc. 118, 408;1966, c. 85; 1968, c. 641; 1972, cc. 89, 546, 553, 608; 1974, c. 528; 1977,c. 577; 1978, c. 605; 1980, c. 347; 1989, c. 727; 1995, c. 113; 1996, cc. 36,87; 1998, c. 439.)