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53 DUI; Willful Misconduct; Speed 333.03 (2) Twenty-five miles per hour in all other portions of the Municipality, except on State routes outside business districts, through highways outside business districts and alleys; (3) Thirty-five miles per hour on all State routes or through highways within the Municipality outside business districts, except as provided in sub- sections (b)(4) and (5) hereof; (4) Fifty miles per hour on controlled-access highways and expressways within the Municipality; (5) Fifty miles per hour on State routes within the Municipality outside urban districts unless a lower prima-facie speed is established as further provided in this section; (6) Fifteen miles per hour on all alleys within the Municipality; (7) Fifty-five miles per hour at all times on freeways with paved shoulders inside the Municipality other than freeways as provided in subsection (b)(8) hereof; (8) Sixty-five miles per hour at all times on all portions of freeways that are part of the interstate system and are eligible for such speed in accordance with criteria issued by the Federal Highway Administration, and on all portions of freeways greater than five miles in length that are eligible for such speed in accordance with criteria issued by the Federal Highway Administration or established by the "Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991," 105 Stat. 1968, 23 U.S.C.A. 154(a), for any motor vehicle weighing eight thousand pounds or less empty weight and any commercial bus, except fifty-five miles per hour for operators of any motor vehicle weighing. in excess of eight thousand pounds empty weight and any noncommercial bus. (c) It is prima-facie unlawful for any person to exceed any of the speed limita- tions in subsection (b)(1)A. to (b)(6) hereof, or any declared pursuant to this section by the Director or local authorities and it is unlawful for any person to exceed either of the speed limitations in subsection (d) hereof. No person shall be convicted of more than one violation of this section for the same conduct, although violations of more than one provision of this section may be charged in the alternative in a single affidavit. (d) No person shall operate a motor vehicle upon a street or highway as follows: (1) At a speed exceeding fifty-five miles per hour, except upon a freeway as provided in subsection (b)(8) hereof; (2) At a speed exceeding sixty-five miles per hour upon a freeway as provided in subsection (b)(8) hereof except as otherwise provided in subsection (d)(3) hereof; (3) If a motor vehicle weighing in excess of 8,000 pounds empty weight or a noncommercial bus as prescribed in subsection (b)(8) hereof, at a speed exceeding fifty-five miles per hour upon a freeway as provided in that subsection. (e) In every charge of violation of this section the affidavit and warrant shall specify the time, place and speed at which the defendant is alleged to have driven, and in charges made in reliance upon subsection (c) hereof also the speed which subsections (b)(1)A. to (b)(6) hereof, or a limit declared pursuant to this section declares is prima-facie lawful at the time and place of such alleged violation, except that in affidavits where a person is alleged to have driven at a greater speed than will permit him to bring the vehicle to a stop within the assured clear distance ahead the affidavit and warrant need not specify the speed at which the defendant is alleged to have driven. 1993 Replacement