| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §2074, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, | §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, is amended to read: |
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| | 1. Rates of speed. Except when conditions or other | regulations require a lower speed, the following are maximum | rates of speed: |
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| A. Fifteen miles per hour when passing a school during | recess or while children are going to or leaving school | during opening or closing hours; |
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| B. Fifteen miles per hour when approaching within 50 feet | and in traversing an intersection when the operator's view | is obstructed except when preference is given to through | movement of traffic in one direction by "stop" signs or | other traffic control devices or by direction of a law | enforcement officer. An operator's view is considered | obstructed when at any time during the last 50 feet of an | approach to an intersection there is not a clear and | uninterrupted view of the intersection and of the traffic on | all ways entering the intersection for a distance of 200 | feet from it; |
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| C. Twenty-five miles per hour in a business or residential | district or built-up portion unless otherwise posted; |
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| D. Forty-five miles per hour on all other public ways | unless otherwise posted; |
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| E. On ways with a higher maximum speed limit, 45 miles per | hour for a school bus transporting pupils to and from | school. At all other times, a school bus may not exceed 55 | miles per hour; and |
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| F. On ways with a higher maximum speed limit when lights | are required, 35 miles per hour for a motor-driven cycle, | unless it is equipped with a headlight adequate to reveal a | person 300 feet ahead of it.; and |
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| G.__Five miles per hour within a distance of 10 yards from | either side of a toll plaza on the Maine Turnpike.__The | maximum rate of speed under this paragraph must be posted in | accordance with any law or rule governing the posting of | rates of speed. |
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