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52M OVI• Willful Misconduct• Speed 333.03 <br />333.02 OPERATION IN WILLFUL OR WANTON DISREGARD OF SAFETY. <br />(a) No person shall operate a vehicle on any street or highway in willful or wanton <br />disregard of the safety of persons or property. (ORC 4511.20) <br />(b) No person shall operate a vehicle on any public or private property other than <br />streets or highways, in willful or wanton disregard of the safety of persons or property. <br />This subsection does not apply to the competitive operation of vehicles on public or private <br />property when the owner of such property knowingly permits such operation thereon. <br />(ORC 4511.201) <br />333.03 MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS; ASSURED CLEAR DISTANCE AHEAD. <br />(a) No person shall operate a motor vehicle at a speed greater or less than is reasonable <br />or proper, having due regard to the traffic, surface and width of the street or highway and any <br />other conditions, and no person shall drive any motor vehicle in and upon any street or highway <br />at a greater speed than will permit the person to bring it to a stop within the assured clear distance <br />ahead. (b) It is prima-facie lawful, in the absence of a lower limit declared pursuant to Ohio <br />R.C. 4511.21 by the Ohio Director of Transportation or Council, for the operator of a motor <br />vehicle to operate the same at a speed not exceeding the following: <br />(1) A. Twenty miles per hour in school zones during school recess and <br />while children are going to or leaving school durmg the opening or <br />closing hours, and when twenty miles per hour school speed limit <br />signs are erected; except, that on controlled-access highways and <br />expressways, if the right-of-way line fence has been erected without <br />pedestrian opening, the speed shall be governed by subsection (b)(4) <br />hereof and on freeways, if the right-of-way line fence has been <br />erected without pedestrian opening, the speed shall be governed by <br />subsection (b)(7) hereof. The end of every school zone may be <br />marked by a sign indicating the end of the zone. Nothing in this <br />section or in the manual and specifications for a uniform system of <br />traffic control devices shall be construed to require school zones to <br />be indicated by signs equipped with flashing or other lights, or <br />giving other special notice of the hours in which the school zone <br />speed limit is in effect. <br />2006 Replacement