Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 157-5-3 - Speed Controls3.1. Commissioner's Order. Whenever the Commissioner of Highways has, pursuant to the provisions of W. Va. Code §17C-6, et seq., established a speed zone or designated a maximum or minimum speed limit, the Commissioner of Highways shall enter an order to such effect in the Commissioner's Order Book, in the manner provided in Section 2, Rules Relating Generally to the Various Functions of the Commissioner of Highways, 157CSR1. The order shall set forth the reasons for establishing the speed zone or maximum or minimum speed limit, and whether it will be effective at all times or during the hours of daylight or darkness, or at other times as the Commissioner of Highways may determine. The order shall designate the county route and mileposts in which the speed zone or limit is established and shall accurately describe the intersection, highway or part of highway, or bridge approach, to which the speed zone or limit applies. The description and designation shall be in non-technical terms of reference insofar as possible. All references in the order to the boundary of the speed zone shall be in terms of reference that may be readily ascertained by an examination of any affected road or bridge.3.2. Erection of Signs Before Speed Limit Effective. No speed limit is effective until appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected at the beginning point of the speed zone designating the zone and the speed limit to be observed in that zone, and until appropriate signs are erected indicating the end of the speed zone, which signs shall also indicate the different speed limit as may then be observed.