Sec. 1602. Speed limits
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The Secretary of Transportation shall revise the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices to provide for a safe systems approach to setting speed limits, consistent with the safety recommendations issued by the National Transportation Safety Board on August 15, 2017, numbered H–17–27 and H–17–028. In carrying out subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall consider— crash statistics; road geometry characteristics; roadside characteristics; traffic volume; the possibility and likelihood of human error; human injury tolerance; the prevalence of vulnerable road users; and any other consideration, consistent with a safe system approach, as determined by the Secretary.
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall update and report on the implementation progress of the Speed Management Program Plan of the Department of Transportation, as described in the safety recommendation issued by the National Transportation Safety Board on August 15, 2017, numbered H–17–018. In this section, the terms safe system approach and vulnerable road user have the meanings given such terms in section 148(a) of title 23, United States Code.