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<br />1927 <br />1. Fifteen miles an hour when approaching within fifty feet of a grade crossing of any steam, <br />electric or street railway when the driver's view is obstructed. A driver's view shall be deemed to <br />be obstructed when at any time during the last two hundred feet of his approach to such <br />crossing he does not have a clear and uninterrupted view of such railway crossing and of any <br />trafflcon such railway for a distance oHour hundred <br />feet in each direction from such crossing; <br />2..FifteenrnHes an hour when passing a school during school recess or while children are going <br />...toorJea\7ingschooldurin.gopening or closing hours; -' . <br />3.Fifte~nrnHesanhourWhen approaching within.fifty feet and in orossing' an intersection of <br />hig'hwayswhenthedriver's view is obstructed. A driver's view shall be deemed to be obstructed <br />whenat~ny time durin'r~he last fifty feet of his approach -to such intersection, he does not have <br />a olear and . unobstructed"'view of such intersection and of the traffic upon all of the highways <br />entering such intersection for a distance <br />of two hundred feet from such intersection; <br />4. Fifteen' miles an hour in going around curves or along a grade upon a highway when the <br />drivers view is obstructed within a distance of one hundred feet along such highway in the <br />directiol1,lnv'Ihich he is proceeding; <br />5. Twenty mUes an hour on any highway where the same passes through the closely built~up <br />po rticn s of any municipality or where the traffic is congested; when traffic on such highway is <br />controlled at'll'1tersectlons by traffic officers or traffic control devices; <br />6,Fifteen miles an hour on all other highways where the same pass through the closely built-up <br />portion of any municipality or where the traffic Is congested; <br />7. Twenty miles an hour on any highway where the same passes through the residence portion <br />of any municipality; , <br />8. Thirty-five miles an hour under all other conditions, <br />(c) Municipalities in their respective jurisdictions are hereby authorized in their discretion to <br />increase the speed which shall be prima facie unlawful upon"thru" highways at the entrances to <br />which vehicles are by ordinance of such municipalities required to stop before entering or <br />crossing such"thru" highways. Municipalities shall place and maintain upon all 'Ithru" highways <br />as to which such speed is so increased adequate signs giving notice of such special regulations <br />and shall also place and maintain upon each and every highway intersecting any such "thru" <br />highway, appropriate top signs which shall be illuminated at night or so placed as to be <br />illuminated by the headlights of an approaching vehicle or by street lights. <br /> <br />1929 - Rural speed is raised. <br />8. Forty-five miles an hour under all other conditions. <br /> <br />1937 _ Statutes are renumbered and reformatted, the beginning of Statute 169.14 as we know it <br />and traffic control devices must comply with American Association of State Highway Officials. <br />30 M?H in a business or residence district and 45 MPH under all other conditions. The <br />commissioner may establish speed zones up to 60 MPH daytIme and 50 MPH when vehicle <br />lights are needed. <br /> <br />i' <br /> <br />1939 _. 30 MPH in any municipality. Changed the rural statutory values to 60 MPH daytime/50 <br />MRH nighttime and authorized the Commissioner to set any speed limit. <br /> <br />1942 - Governor's Order implements a Wartime Speed Limit of 40 MPH under orders from the <br />USA Office of Defense Transportation. <br /> <br />56 <br />