§ 24-12-6-1.2. Speed limits.

A.

No person shall drive a vehicle on a street or detour at a speed greater than:

(1)

fifteen (15) miles per hour on all streets when passing a school while children are going to, or leaving school, and when the school zone is properly posted;

(2)

thirty (30) miles per hour in any business or residence district (66-7-301 NMSA 1978); or

(3)

the lawfully posted speed limit when signs are erected giving notice of the speed limit;(*)

(4)

the posted speed limit in construction zones posted as double fine zones or other safety zones posted as double fine zones as designated by the municipality or highway and transportation department, provided that the posted speed limit be determined by an engineering study performed by the state highway and transportation department.

B.

In every event, speed shall be so controlled as may be necessary:

(1)

to avoid colliding with any person, vehicle or other conveyance on, or entering, the street;

(2)

to comply with legal requirements as may be established by the municipality, the state highway department or the New Mexico state police, and the duty of all persons to use due care; and

(3)

to protect workers in construction zones posted as double fine zones or other safety zones posted as double fine zones as designated by the municipality or highway and transportation department.

(Ord. No. 1567 , 5-29-18)

State law reference

66-7-301 NMSA 1978.