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Minnesota Statutes 2002, 169.14 ~age z or r) <br /> <br />distance of one-quarter mile or more. <br /> <br /> Subd. 3. Reduced speed required. (a) The driver of <br />any vehicle shall, consistent with the requirements, drive at an <br />appropriate reduced speed when approaching or passing an <br />authorized emergency vehicle stopped with emergency lights <br />flashing on any street or highway, when approaching and crossing <br />an intersection or railway grade crossing, when approaching and <br />going around a curve, when approaching a hill crest, when <br />traveling upon any narrow or winding roadway, and when special <br />hazards exist with respect to pedestrians or other traffic or by <br />reason of weather or highway conditions. <br /> <br /> (b) A person who fails to reduce speed appropriately when <br />approaching or passing an authorized emergency vehicle stopped <br />with emergency lights flashing on a street or highway, shall be <br />assessed an additional surcharge equal to the amount of the fine <br />imposed for the speed violation, but not less than $25. <br /> <br /> Subd. 4. Establishment of zones by commissioner. On <br />determining upon the basis of an engineering and traffic <br />investigation that any speed set forth in this section is <br />greater or less than is reasonable or safe under the conditions <br />found to exist on any trunk highway or upon any part thereof, <br />the comam~er may erect appropriate signs designating a <br />reasonable and safe speed limit thereat, which speed limit shall <br />be effective when such signs are erected. Any speeds in excess <br />of such limits shall be prima facie evidence that the speed is <br />not reasonable or prudent and that it is unlawful; except that <br />any speed limit within any municipality shall be a maximum limit <br />and any speed in excess thereof shall be unlawful. On <br />determining upon that basis that a part of the trunk highway <br />system outside a municipality should be a zone of maximum speed <br />limit, the commissioner may e~tablish that part as such a zone <br />by erecting appropriate signs ~howing the beginning and end of <br />the zone, designating a reasonable and safe speed therefor, <br />which may be different than the speed set forth in this section, <br />and that it is a zone of maximum speed limit. The speed s-o <br />designated by the commissioner within any such zone shall be a <br />maximum speed limit, and speed in excess of such limit shall be <br />unlawful. The commissioner may in the same manner from time to <br />time alter the boundary of such a zone and the speed limit <br />therein or eliminate such zone. <br /> <br />Subd. 4a. Repealed, 1997 c 143 s 20 <br /> <br /> Subd. 5. Zoning within local area. When local <br /> authorities believe that the existing speed limit upon any <br /> street or highway, or part thereof, within their respective <br /> jurisdictions and not a part of the trunk highway system is <br /> greater or less than is reasonable or safe under existing <br /> conditions, they may request the commissioner to authorize, upon <br /> the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, the <br /> erection of appropriate signs designating what speed is <br /> reasonable and safe, and the commissioner may authorize the <br /> erection of appropriate signs designating a reasonable and safe <br /> speed limit thereat, which speed limit shall be effective when <br /> such signs are erected. Any speeds in excess of these speed <br /> limits shall be prima facie evidence that the speed is not <br /> reasonable or prudent and that it is unlawful; except that any <br /> <br />h~p ://www.revisor.leg.st~e.mn.us/~s/169/14.html <br /> <br />3/21/2003 <br /> <br /> <br />