Current through P.L. 171-2024
Section 9-21-8-53 - Speed violations; complaint or affidavit; summons, warrant, or notice; contents; negligence(a) In every charge of violation of a speed regulation under this article, the complaint or affidavit and the summons, warrant, or notice to appear must specify the following:(1) The speed at which the defendant is alleged to have driven.(2) The prima facie or fixed speed applicable within the district or at the location.(b) The provisions of this article declaring or providing for fixed and prima facie speed limitations may not be construed to relieve the plaintiff in a civil action from the burden of proving negligence on the part of the defendant as the proximate cause of the damage alleged.Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-62.
As added by P.L. 2-1991, SEC.9.