The state traffic laws regulating the speed of vehicles shall be applicable upon all roads within the Town, except as this article as authorized by state law hereby declares and determines that certain speed regulations shall apply either to specific roads or to certain areas.
[Adopted 8-29-1978 (Ch. 227, Art. I, of the 1991 Code)]
Any person driving a vehicle on a road shall drive the same at a careful and prudent speed not greater than is reasonable and proper, having due regard to the traffic, surface and width of the road and of any other conditions then existing, and no person shall drive any vehicle upon a road at such a speed as to endanger any person or property.
Any speed in excess of the limits established by law shall be unlawful.
The municipal officers, with the approval of the Department of Transportation and also with the consent and approval of the Chief of the Maine State Police, may establish maximum speed limits in compact and built-up portions of the Town.
Such compact or built-up areas of the Town shall be designated by appropriate signs which set forth the established speed limit.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Violation of the speed limits established by this article shall be considered a traffic infraction and subject the offender to a civil penalty in an amount of not less than $25 nor more than $500.