(a) General rule.--The provisions of this title apply upon any turnpike or highway under the supervision and control of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission unless specifically modified by rules and regulations promulgated by the commission which shall become effective only upon publication in accordance with law. A copy of the rules and regulations, so long as they are effective, shall be posted at all entrances to the turnpike or highway for the inspection of persons using the turnpike or highway. This section does not authorize the establishment of a maximum speed limit greater than 55 miles per hour, except that a 65-miles-per-hour or 70-miles-per-hour maximum speed limit for all vehicles may be established where the commission has posted a 65-miles-per-hour or 70-miles-per-hour speed limit.
(a.1) Posting.--No maximum speed limit established under subsection (a) shall be effective unless posted on fixed or variable official traffic-control devices erected after each interchange on the portion of highway on which the speed limit is in effect and wherever else the commission shall determine.
(b) Penalties.--
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, any person violating any of the rules and regulations of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission for which no penalty has otherwise been provided by statute commits a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25.
(2) (Deleted by amendment).
(3) (Deleted by amendment).
(July 10, 1981, P.L.259, No.86, eff. 60 days; Apr. 16, 1992, P.L.169, No.31, eff. 60 days; June 13, 1995, P.L.57, No.9, eff. 30 days; June 26, 2001, P.L.734, No.75, eff. 60 days; Nov. 25, 2013, P.L.974, No.89)
2013 Amendment. Act 89 amended the entire section, effective immediately as to subsecs. (a) and (a.1) and 60 days as to the remainder of the section. See the preamble to Act 89 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to legislative findings and declarations.
1995 Amendment. See section 4 of Act 9 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to report on effect of increased speed limit.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 61 - Powers of Department and Local Authorities
Section 6101 - Applicability and uniformity of title
Section 6102 - Powers and duties of department and local authorities
Section 6103 - Promulgation of rules and regulations by department
Section 6104 - Administrative duties of department
Section 6105 - Department to prescribe traffic and engineering investigations
Section 6105.1 - Designation of highway safety corridors
Section 6105.2 - Designation of litter enforcement corridors
Section 6106 - Designation of emergency vehicles by Pennsylvania State Police
Section 6107 - Designation of authorized vehicles by department
Section 6108 - Power of Governor during emergency
Section 6109 - Specific powers of department and local authorities
Section 6110 - Regulation of traffic on Pennsylvania Turnpike
Section 6111 - Regulation of traffic on bridges under authority of interstate commissions
Section 6112 - Removal of traffic hazards by property owner
Section 6113 - Control of public travel on private property by owner
Section 6114 - Limitation on sale, publication and disclosure of records
Section 6115 - Emergency telephones along Pennsylvania Turnpike
Section 6116 - Payment by credit or debit card
Section 6117 - Authority of qualified employees of department and Department of Revenue
Section 6118 - Municipal police officer education and training
Section 6119 - Removal of dead deer
Section 6121 - Uniform system of traffic-control devices
Section 6122 - Authority to erect traffic-control devices
Section 6123 - Erection of traffic-control devices while working
Section 6123.1 - Mandatory traffic-control devices in highway work zones
Section 6124 - Erection of traffic-control devices at intersections
Section 6125 - Display of unauthorized signs, signals or markings
Section 6126 - Interference with devices, signs or signals
Section 6127 - Dealing in nonconforming traffic-control devices
Section 6128 - Dealing in official traffic-control devices or bridge parts
Section 6129 - Maintenance of pedestrian crosswalks in school zones
Section 6141 - Declaration of policy
Section 6142 - Reciprocity agreements, arrangements and declarations authorized
Section 6143 - Benefits, privileges and exemptions from taxes and fees
Section 6144 - Vehicle registration and licensing
Section 6145 - Proportional registration of fleet vehicles
Section 6146 - Enforcement agreements
Section 6146.1 - Multijurisdictional permit agreement
Section 6147 - Declaration of reciprocity in absence of agreement
Section 6148 - Applicability to leased vehicles
Section 6149 - Automatic reciprocity
Section 6150 - Proportional registration not exclusive
Section 6151 - Suspension of reciprocity benefits
Section 6152 - Form, publication and distribution of documents