§ 38-104. Minimum speed.

(a)

No motor vehicle shall be driven at a speed less than 30 miles per hour on federally designated highways where no hazard exists. An exception to this requirement shall be recognized when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation, or when a vehicle or combination of vehicles is necessarily, or in compliance with law or police direction, proceeding at a reduced speed.

(b)

Police officers are hereby authorized to enforce this provision by directions to drivers. In the event of apparent willful disobedience to this section and refusal to comply with the direction of an officer in accordance herewith, the continued slow operation by a driver shall be a misdemeanor.

(c)

If a speed limit of 70 miles per hour is established on any portion of the Interstate Highway System or on four-laned U.S. designated highways, as provided in MCA 1972, § 63-3-501, a minimum speed of 40 miles per hour shall be established for those vehicles having a maximum speed restriction of 70 miles per hour. Notice of the minimum speed shall be posted on such roads.

(Ord. of 2-5-91, § 10-232)

State law reference

Minimum speeds generally, MCA 1972, § 63-3-509; conditions under which speed must be decreased, MCA 1972, § 63-3-505.