Sec. 2. (a) Except when a special hazard exists that requires lower speed for compliance with section 1 of this chapter, the slower speed limit specified in this section or established as authorized by section 3 of this chapter is the maximum lawful speed. A person may not drive a vehicle on a highway at a speed in excess of the following maximum limits: (1) Thirty (30) miles per hour in an urban district. (2) Fifty-five (55) miles per hour, except as provided in subdivisions (1), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), and (9). (3) Seventy (70) miles per hour on a highway on the national system of interstate and defense highways located outside of an urbanized area (as defined in 23 U.S.C. 101) with a population of at least fifty thousand (50,000), except as provided in subdivision (4). (4) Sixty-five (65) miles per hour for a vehicle (other than a bus) having a declared gross weight greater than twenty-six thousand (26,000) pounds on a highway on the national system of interstate and defense highways located outside an urbanized area (as defined in 23 U.S.C. 101) with a population of at least fifty thousand (50,000). (5) Sixty-five (65) miles per hour on: (A) U.S. 20 from the intersection of U.S. 20 and County Road 17 in Elkhart County to the intersection of U.S. 20 and U.S. 31 in St. Joseph County; (B) U.S. 31 from the intersection of U.S. 31 and U.S. 20 in St. Joseph County to the boundary line between Indiana and Michigan; and (C) a highway classified by the Indiana department of transportation as an INDOT Freeway. (6) On a highway that is the responsibility of the Indiana finance authority established by IC 5-1.2-3 : (A) seventy (70) miles per hour for: (i) a motor vehicle having a declared gross weight of not more than twenty-six thousand (26,000) pounds; or (ii) a bus; or (B) sixty-five (65) miles per hour for a motor vehicle having a declared gross weight greater than twenty-six thousand (26,000) pounds. (7) Sixty (60) miles per hour on a highway that: (A) is not designated as a part of the national system of interstate and defense highways; (B) has four (4) or more lanes; (C) is divided into two (2) or more roadways by: (i) an intervening space that is unimproved and not intended for vehicular travel; (ii) a physical barrier; or (iii) a dividing section constructed to impede vehicular traffic; and (D) is located outside an urbanized area (as defined in 23 U.S.C. 101) with a population of at least fifty thousand (50,000). (8) Fifteen (15) miles per hour in an alley. (9) Sixty-five (65) miles per hour on Interstate Highway 465. (b) A person who violates subsection (a) commits a Class C infraction. [Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-57(b).]
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