(a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle on a public street or highway at a (1) speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard to the actual and potential hazards then existing, or (2) drive a motor vehicle on a public street or highway where road work is being performed at a speed greater than that posted on the road work sign. Upon approaching a road work sign, the driver shall reduce the vehicle’s speed to the speed limit posted on the road work sign. In every event speed shall be so controlled as may be necessary to avoid colliding with any person, vehicle or other conveyance on the public street or highway.
(b) The rate of speed for motorcars, pick-up trucks, or motorcycles shall not exceed 20 miles per hour within the town limits or 35 miles per hour on all public highways outside the town limits, except on Centerline Road west of King's Hill in St. Croix, where the rate of speed shall not exceed 40 miles per hour, and on the Melvin H. Evans Highway on St. Croix, where the rate of speed shall not exceed 55 miles per hour.
(c) The rate of speed for motor trucks or busses shall not exceed 10 miles per hour within the town limits or 30 miles per hour on the public highways outside the town limits, except on the Melvin H. Evans Highway on St. Croix where the rate of speed shall not exceed 40 miles per hour.
(d) Traveling for a distance of a quarter of a mile above the prescribed speed limits shall be presumptive evidence of driving at a rate of speed which is not careful and prudent.
(e) The Police Commissioner, with the approval of the Governor, may reduce the speed limits fixed in this section when in his opinion such action is necessary for the public safety.
(f) The Police Commissioner is authorized and directed to determine and fix the maximum speed limits, not to exceed 20 miles per hour, on all streets and roads in every housing project or housing development in the Virgin Islands. Such maximum speed limits shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected.