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Effective Jan 1, 2000Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 724, Sec. 41. Effective January 1, 2000.
- (a) Except as provided in Section 22356, no person may drive a vehicle upon a highway at a speed greater than 65 miles per hour.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person may drive a vehicle upon a two-lane, undivided highway at a speed greater than 55 miles per hour unless that highway, or portion thereof, has been posted for a higher speed by the Department of Transportation or appropriate local agency upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey. For purposes of this subdivision, the following apply:
- (1) A two-lane, undivided highway is a highway with not more than one through lane of travel in each direction.
- (2) Passing lanes may not be considered when determining the number of through lanes.
- (c) It is the intent of the Legislature that there be reasonable signing on affected two-lane, undivided highways described in subdivision (b) in continuing the 55 miles-per-hour speed limit, including placing signs at county boundaries to the extent possible, and at other appropriate locations.