Section 124: Exceeding speed limit

124. Exceeding speed limit (1) Except as otherwise provided by this Act, no person shall drive a motor vehicle of any class or description on a road at a speed exceeding that which may be prescribed as the maximum speed in relation to a vehicle of that class or description. (2) The Minister may, by causing a traffic sign to be erected over any specified road, or part of a specified road, prohibit the driving of— (a) motor vehicles generally; or (b) particular classes of motor vehicles, above a specified speed, either generally or for a specified period, on that road or part of a road. (3) (a) Where a prohibition under subsection (2) remains in force, the Commissioner of Police shall cause to be maintained such traffic signs. (b) The traffic signs shall— (i) state the substance of the prohibition; and (ii) be placed in such position as to give adequate notice to drivers of motor vehicles. (4) (a) Any person who drives a motor vehicle on a road at a speed exceeding a prescribed speed limit, or the speed limit indicated on a traffic sign erected under subsection (2), shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 5,000 rupees or, in the case of a third or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees. R27 – 114 (3) [Issue 7] Road Traffic Act (b) An offender under paragraph (a) shall not be liable to be convicted solely on the evidence of one witness to the effect that, in the opinion of that witness, the offender was driving the motor vehicle at any particular speed. [S. 124 amended by s. 4 of Act 5 of 1999 w.e.f. 1 July 1999; s. 13 of Act 7 of 2015 w.e.f. 27 July 2015.]