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Code Section 40-6-181 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to maximum speed limits for motor vehicles, is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"(b) Consistent with the provision of engineering and traffic investigations regarding maximum speed limits as provided in Code Section 40-6-182, no person shall drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of the following maximum limits:
(1) Thirty miles per hour in any urban or residential district;
(1.1) Thirty-five miles per hour on an unpaved county road unless designated otherwise by appropriate signs;
(2)(A) Seventy miles per hour for any vehicle or combination of vehicles having fewer than 14 wheels on a highway on the federal interstate system and on physically divided highways with full control of access which are outside of an urbanized area of 50,000 population or more, provided that such speed limit is designated by appropriate signs; and
(B) Sixty miles per hour for any vehicle or combination of vehicles having 14 wheels or more on a highway on the federal interstate system and on physically divided highways with full control of access which are outside of an urbanized area of 50,000 population or more, provided that such speed limit is designated by appropriate signs;
(3)(A) Sixty-five miles per hour for any vehicle or combination of vehicles having fewer than 14 wheels on a highway on the federal interstate system which is inside of an urbanized area of 50,000 population or more, provided that such speed limit is designated by appropriate signs; and
(B) Fifty-five miles per hour for any vehicle or combination of vehicles having 14 wheels or more on a highway on the federal interstate system which is inside of an urbanized area of 50,000 population or more, provided that such speed limit is designated by appropriate signs;
(4)(A) Sixty-five miles per hour for any vehicle or combination of vehicles having fewer than 14 wheels on those sections of physically divided highways without full access control on the state highway system, provided that such speed limit is designated by appropriate signs; and
(B) Fifty-five miles per hour for any vehicle or combination of vehicles having 14 wheels or more on those sections of physically divided highways without full access control on the state highway system, provided that such speed limit is designated by appropriate signs; and
(5) Fifty-five miles per hour in other locations."