California injury laws
Vehicle Code § 22350: the basic speed law
No one may drive faster than is reasonable or prudent for the weather, visibility, traffic and road conditions, and never at a speed that endangers people or property. Driving at or under the posted limit does not guarantee a safe speed.
What the law says
No one may drive faster than is reasonable or prudent for the weather, visibility, traffic and road conditions, and never at a speed that endangers people or property. Driving at or under the posted limit does not guarantee a safe speed.
Official text (excerpt)
No person shall drive a vehicle upon a highway at a speed greater than is reasonable or prudent having due regard for weather, visibility, the traffic on, and the surface and width of, the highway
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Why it matters in an injury claim
Riverside County freeways shift quickly from open road to stopped traffic. A driver who couldn't stop in time may have been going too fast for conditions even if under the limit.
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- Construction and work zonesDouble fines, work zone driving and road-setup claims.
- Crash explorerInteractive map and charts of every injury crash since 2016.
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