s.92Speed limit offences
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Section 92Part 7 — Control of Road Users

Speed limit offences

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92. (1) A person who drives on a road a vehicle other than an emergency vehicle — Section 92 Traffic Act (2026 Revision) Page 66 Revised as at 31st December, 2025 c
at a speed in excess of the maximum speed prescribed for the Islands generally or for the place where such vehicle is driven;
at a speed in excess of the maximum speed prescribed for the class to which the vehicle belongs; or
at a speed in excess of the maximum speed posted for that road works, school zone, road block or barrier as it relates to section 116, 117 or 118, commits an offence and is punishable under section 94 but where a person is convicted of an offence and was, at the time of commission of the offence, driving a vehicle at a speed in excess of twice the maximum speed prescribed that person shall, in addition —
without an order by a court, be automatically disqualified from driving for six months, or such longer period as the court may order, the period to run from the date of conviction or the expiration of a sentence of imprisonment, as the court may order; and record.
have the particulars of the offence endorsed on that person’s driving
Without prohibiting the use by any other method by which the speed of a vehicle may be measured or assessed for the purpose of providing evidence of speed, a court may reach a conclusion as to the speed at which a vehicle was travelling at a particular time and place from the evidence of a constable as to facts ascertained from the reading of a speedometer over a distance of at least three hundred yards or a single radar speed meter reading made by a constable.
A person who keeps or carries in a vehicle a device or thing, not being part of the normal equipment of that vehicle, which is capable of —
detecting the presence of a radar speed meter; or
impeding, balking or frustrating the purpose of the radar meter or the mechanical or efficient running of any police equipment or vehicle, commits an offence and on conviction shall, in addition to any other penalty imposed under this Act, have the particulars of that offence endorsed on that person’s driving record.
For the purpose of subsections (2) and (3), a radar speed meter includes any automated electronic or other speed measuring device approved by the Commissioner in writing and published by notification in the Gazette.
No person may drive a vehicle other than an emergency vehicle anywhere in the Islands at a speed in excess of fifty miles per hour, irrespective of whether or not a traffic speed limit sign is displayed at the place where such vehicle is being driven.
The maximum speed at which an invalid carriage, oversize vehicle, school vehicle or special vehicle may be driven shall be fixed by the Commissioner in Traffic Act (2026 Revision) Section 93 c Revised as at 31st December, 2025 Page 67 each case and such speed limit shall be displayed on each such vehicle in such manner as may be prescribed by regulations.

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