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Originally Posted by zulutango
If we follow your justification...if you see a speed sign and slow down to that posted speed as you pass that particular sign, you can immediately speed up again. I'd love to see you use that in court  |
The difference being that regular speed limits are either set in statute or by a sign clearly indicating the speed limit to the driver. So no, you couldn't argue that you slowed down to pass the sign.
Section 147(1) clearly states that the school zone speed limit ends once the driver passes the grounds. It is not reasonable for a driver to have to interpret a sign that may not be visible and is intended for drivers in a different direction.
If the speed limit for one direction of travel is applicable to the opposite direction, how is it that many highways have different speed limits for opposite directions in some sections?
Or... there's at least one school zone around here that has two "school zone speed limit" signs on one side of the road. If you don't know this coming from the opposite direction and speed up when you approach the first (second for oncoming), then you're speeding up too soon. Hence why the MVA states that the school zone is over once passing the grounds.
Now I see that "portion" isn't defined in the MVA, so I'd have to go by a dictionary definition which is "a part of a whole". Considering that the travel lanes are divided (or portioned), I don't consider the oncoming lanes to be the same "portion" of the highway that I am on.