[CC 1993 § 76.110; Ord. No. 2930, 4-9-2001]
A.
No person shall operate or drive a motor vehicle (except emergency vehicles on emergency runs) or any other conveyance on any streets, thoroughfare, or public way, in the City of Glasgow, at any time, at a rate of speed in excess of twenty-five (25) miles per hour except as a greater or lesser speed is hereinafter provided for certain streets, thoroughfares, areas or public ways in the City:
Street | Speed Limit (mph) |
|---|---|
On Tenth Street between Randolph Street and Hawthorne Drive | 20 |
Hawthorne Drive | 20 |
On Missouri Business Route 240 (formerly Routes 5 and 240) between easterly City limits and a point 400 feet East of unopened Bridge Street | 40 |
Between a point 400 feet of unopened Bridge Street and the junction of Missouri Route 5 at Third Street | 35 |
On Missouri Route 5 between the northerly City limits and Orchard Drive | 45 |
Between Orchard Drive and junction of Missouri Route 240 at Commerce Street | 35 |
On Missouri Route 240 between the westerly City limits and Jackson Street | 35 |
Between Jackson Street and Commerce Street | 20 |
Between First Street and junction of Missouri Route 5 at Third Street | 35 |
On Missouri Route 87 between the southerly City limits and the southerly end of bridge over Greggs Creek | 45 |
Between the southerly end of bridge over Greggs Creek and junction of Missouri Route 240 at Jackson Street | 35 |
1.
Every person operating a motor vehicle or other conveyance on the streets of the City shall operate or drive the same in a careful and prudent manner, and in the exercise of the highest degree of care, and at a rate of speed so as not to endanger the property of another or the life or limb of any person, taking into consideration the time of day, the amount of vehicular and pedestrian traffic, the condition of the street or highway, the atmospheric conditions and the location with reference to intersecting streets or highways, curves, residences or schools. Nothing in this Subsection shall be construed to authorize any person to operate a motor vehicle in excess of specified speed limits established by law or ordinance.
2.
It shall be unlawful for any person unnecessarily to drive at such a slow speed or in such position on the roadway as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic.
