Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-3-505 (2026)
Conditions under which speed must be decreased
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The driver or operator of any motor vehicle must decrease speed when approaching and crossing an intersection, when approaching and going around a curve, when approaching a hill crest, when traveling upon any narrow or winding roadway, or when special hazard exists with respect to pedestrians or other traffic. All trucks, or truck-trailer combinations and passenger buses shall be required to reduce speed to forty-five miles per hour during inclement weather when visibility is bad.
Codes, 1942, § 8176; Laws, 1938, ch. 200; Laws, 1948, ch. 328, § 1; Laws, 1962, ch. 524; Laws, 1966, ch. 571, § 1; Laws, 1970, ch. 442, § 1 eff. 4/1/1970.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 21
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1996–2024 · leading case: Entergy Mississippi, Inc. v. Bolden, 854 So. 2d 1051 (Miss. 2003).
Entergy Mississippi, Inc. v. Bolden, 854 So. 2d 1051 (Miss. 2003). “In support of its proposed instruction, Entergy cites Miss.Code Ann. § 63-3-505. This section of the Mississippi Code sets out the duty of a motorist with regard to special hazards: [T]he driver or operator of any motor vehicle must decrease speed when approaching and crossing…”
Greyhound Lines, Inc. v. Sutton, 765 So. 2d 1269 (Miss. 2000). “Specifically Greyhound argues that the Court of Appeals misconstrued Miss.Code Ann. § 63-3-505 (1996) to require every driver on a through road to slow down as the driver approaches an intersection, even where the crossing road has a stop sign, because, as Greyhound asserts, the…”
Classic Coach, Inc. v. Johnson, 823 So. 2d 517 (Miss. 2002). “According to Miss.Code Ann. § 63-3-505 (1996), the driver of a passenger bus must reduce his speed to 45 miles per hour "during inclement weather when visibility is bad.”
Fielder v. Magnolia Beverage Co., 757 So. 2d 925 (Miss. 1999). “MBC contends that the trial court properly gave instruction D-14, because Miss.Code Ann. § 63-3-505 states, in pertinent part, that "[t]he driver or operator of any motor vehicle must decrease speed when .”
Poppenheimer v. Est. of Coyle, 98 So. 3d 1059 (Miss. 2012). “See Miss.Code Ann. § 63-3-505 (Rev.2004). But we find that this analysis is inappropriate on interlocutory appeal.”
City of Jackson v. Harris, 44 So. 3d 927 (Miss. 2010). “See Miss.Code Ann. §§ 63-3-505, 63-3-805 (Rev.”
Jones v. United States Fid. & Guar. Co., 822 So. 2d 946 (Miss. 2002). “We are mindful of Miss.Code Ann. § 63-3-505 (1996) which requires drivers to decrease speed when approaching and going around a curve.”
Tentoni v. Slayden, 968 So. 2d 431 (Miss. 2007). “[10] These statutes are Miss.Code Ann. §§ 63-3-505, 63-3-603, 63-3-609, and 63-3-611 (Rev.”
Marlana Alonso v. Jason C. Ross, 223 So. 3d 194 (Miss. Ct. App. 2017). “See Miss. Code Ann. § 63-3-505 (Rev. 2013) (requiring drivers to decrease speed when certain weather or road conditions require such).”
Clark v. Clark, 863 So. 2d 1027 (Miss. Ct. App. 2004). “Miss.Code Ann. § 63-3-505 (Rev.1996). An instruction was given the jury in this case that was based on the statute.”
Good v. Indreland, 910 So. 2d 688 (Miss. Ct. App. 2005). “” Miss.Code Ann. § 63-3-505 (Rev.2004). The instruction declared that if the jury finds that Indreland was presented with any “of the foregoing circumstances” requiring that he decrease his speed and that he “did not decrease his speed” then Indreland must be found “negligent…”
Greyhound Lines, Inc. v. Gerald Sutton (Miss. 1997). “Miss. Code Ann. § 63-3-505 (1996) provides in relevant part: The driver or operator of any motor vehicle must decrease speed when approaching and crossing an intersection, when approaching and going around a curve, when approaching a hill crest, when traveling upon any narrow or…”
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