Colorado § 42-4-618 - Glenwood Canyon - increase in penalties and surcharges for speeding violations - definitions.
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§ 42-4-618. Glenwood Canyon - increase in penalties and surcharges for speeding violations - definitions.
(1) The department may determine that there are safety concerns in Glenwood Canyon on interstate 70 eastbound between milepost 116.0 and milepost 131.0 and westbound between milepost 118.5 and milepost 131.0 related to commercial motor vehicles exceeding the posted speed limits.
(2) The department shall erect, where applicable, signs notifying drivers of each area of the state highways that the department has designated as a heightened speed limit enforcement zone.
(3) A driver of a commercial motor vehicle who commits a speeding violation in a heightened speed limit enforcement zone is subject to the increased penalties and surcharges imposed under section 42-4-1701 (4)(d.9); except that the increased penalties and surcharges do not apply when the driver commits the violation within a highway maintenance, repair, or construction zone and is already subject to an increased penalty and surcharge for the violation pursuant to section 42-4-614.
(4) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) "Commercial motor vehicle" has the same meaning as set forth in section 42-2-402 (4).
(b) "Department" means the department of transportation created in section 43-1-103.
(c) "Heightened speed limit enforcement zone" means an area of a state highway that:
(I) Begins and ends at a sign that:
(A) Conforms to the state traffic control manual;
(B) Indicates that a driver is about to enter or is at the end of a heightened speed limit enforcement zone; and
(C) Notifies commercial motor vehicle drivers that increased penalties and surcharges are in effect and assessed for speeding in the zone; and
(II) Is designated as a heightened speed limit enforcement zone by the department of transportation pursuant to subsection (2) of this section.
Source: L. 2024: Entire section added, (SB 24-100), ch. 207, p. 1276, § 2, effective August 7.
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Cross references: For penalties for class A and class B traffic infractions, see § 42-4-1701 (3)(a)(I).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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