Minimum speed regulation. (a) Impeding movement of traffic prohibited.-- Except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law,
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Section: 3364
Jurisdiction: PA
Bluebook Citation: 75 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 3364
§ 3364. Minimum speed regulation. (a) Impeding movement of traffic prohibited.-- Except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law,
no person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede the normal
and reasonable movement of traffic. (b) Slow moving vehicle to drive off roadway.-- (1) Except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law,
whenever any person drives a vehicle upon a roadway having width for not more than
one lane of traffic in each direction at less than the maximum posted speed and at
such a slow speed as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, the
driver shall, at the first opportunity when and where it is reasonable and safe to
do so and after giving appropriate signal, drive completely off the roadway and onto
the berm or shoulder of the highway. The driver may return to the roadway after giving
appropriate signal only when the movement can be made in safety and so as not to impede
the normal and reasonable movement of traffic. (2) A pedalcycle may be operated at a safe and reasonable speed appropriate for the pedalcycle.
A pedalcycle operator shall use reasonable efforts so as not to impede the normal
and reasonable movement of traffic. (c) Establishment of minimum speed limits.-- At any other time when the department or local authorities under their respective
jurisdictions determine on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that
slow speeds on any highway or part of a highway impede the normal and reasonable movement
of traffic, the department or such local authority may determine and declare a minimum
speed limit below which no person shall drive a vehicle except when necessary for
safe operation or in compliance with law. The minimum limit shall be effective when
posted upon appropriate fixed or variable signs. (Feb. 2, 2012, P.L.27, No.3, eff. 60 days) 2012 Amendment. Act 3 amended subsec. (b). Cross References. Section 3364 is referred to in sections 4305, 6109 of this title.
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