State v. Foukas

ELLETT, Justice:

The appellant drove sixty miles per hour on a state highway which was marked for fifty-five miles per hour maximum speed. He was convicted of the offense of speeding and appealed, claiming that there is no validity to the proclamation and ordinance limiting speed to fifty-five miles per hour on Utah highways.

Immediately after the Arab oil embargo, the Governor of Utah issued a *313proclamation1 that the maximum speed upon highways of this state should be fifty-five miles per hour. Fearing for the validity of the proclamation, the State Road Commission thereafter passed an…