2025 Georgia Codes – Page 313

Amended 2024
(a) The limits specified in this Code section or established as authorized in this article shall be the maximum
lawful vehicle speeds, except when a special hazard exists that requires a lower speed for compliance with
Code Section 40-6-180.
(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 unless otherwise designated by appropriate
signs;
(2) Thirty-five miles per hour on a highway that is an unpaved county road unless designated otherwise by
appropriate signs;
(3) Seventy miles per hour on a highway that is part of the federal interstate system and highways that are
physically divided with full control of access and that are part of the state highway system, provided that
such speed limit is designated by appropriate signs;
(4) Sixty-five miles per hour on highways that are physically divided without full control of access and that
are part of the state highway system, provided that such speed limit is designated by appropriate signs; and
(5) Fifty-five miles per hour in other locations.
(c) The maximum speed limits set forth in this Code section may be altered as authorized in Code Sections