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S1177......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
TRUCKS - SPEED LIMITS - Amends existing law to provide that the maximum
lawful speed limit on interstate highways shall not exceed sixty-five miles
per hour for vehicles with five or more axles.
02/22 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/23 Rpt prt - to Transp
02/28 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/01 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/08 3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-1
AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch(Bartlett), Brandt, Bunderson,
Burtenshaw, Cameron, Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin,
Frasure, Geddes, Goedde, Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough,
King-Barrutia, Lee, Lodge, Noh, Richardson, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder,
Sims, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Thorne, Wheeler, Whitworth
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Williams
Floor Sponsor -- Frasure
Title apvd - to House
03/09 House intro - 1st rdg - to Transp
03/28 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
Rls susp - FAILED - 13-57-0
AYES -- Bieter, Boe, Cuddy, Hadley, Henbest(Farley), Kellogg, Kunz,
Pischner, Pomeroy, Robison, Shepherd, Smith, Smylie
NAYS -- Barraclough, Barrett, Bedke, Bell, Black, Bolz, Bradford,
Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Collins, Crow, Deal,
Denney, Ellis, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner,
Gould, Hammond, Hansen, Harwood, Higgins, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones,
Kendell, Lake, Langford, Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer,
Montgomery, Mortensen, Moss, Moyle, Pearce, Raybould, Ridinger,
Roberts, Sali, Schaefer, Sellman, Stevenson, Stone, Tilman, Trail,
Wheeler, Wood, Young(Young), Mr. Speaker
Absent and excused -- None
Floor Sponsor -- Pomeroy
Filed w/ Office of the Secretary of the Senate
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session - 2001
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1177
BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS; AMENDING SECTION 49-654, IDAHO CODE, TO PRO-
3 VIDE THAT THE MAXIMUM LAWFUL SPEED LIMIT ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS SHALL NOT
4 EXCEED SIXTY-FIVE MILES PER HOUR FOR VEHICLES WITH FIVE OR MORE AXLES.
5 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
6 SECTION 1. That Section 49-654, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
7 amended to read as follows:
8 49-654. BASIC RULE AND MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS. (1) No person shall drive a
9 vehicle at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions
10 and having regard to the actual and potential hazards then existing. Consis-
11 tent with the foregoing, every person shall drive at a safe and appropriate
12 speed when approaching and crossing an intersection or railroad grade cross-
13 ing, when approaching and going around a curve, when approaching a hillcrest,
14 when traveling upon any narrow or winding highway, and when special hazards
15 exist with respect to pedestrians or other traffic or by reason of weather or
16 highway conditions.
17 (2) Where no special hazard or condition exists that requires lower speed
18 for compliance with subsection (1) of this section the limits as hereinafter
19 authorized shall be maximum lawful speeds, and no person shall drive a vehicle
20 at a speed in excess of the maximum limits:
21 (a) Thirty-five (35) miles per hour or a lesser maximum speed adopted
22 pursuant to section 49-207(2)(a), Idaho Code, in any residential, business
23 or urban district;
24 (b) Thirty-five (35) miles per hour in any urban district;
25 (c) Seventy-five (75) miles per hour on interstate highways;
26 (d) Sixty-five (65) miles per hour on state highways;
27 (e) Fifty-five (55) miles per hour in other locations unless otherwise
28 posted up to a maximum of sixty-five (65) miles per hour.
29 (3) The maximum lawful speed limit on interstate highways shall not
30 exceed sixty-five (65) miles per hour for vehicles with five (5) or more
31 axles. operating at a gross weight of more than twenty-six thousand (26,000)
32 pounds.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 11172
The purpose of this legislation is to improve the enforceability
of the 65 miles per hour speed limit for trucks. Whether a
vehicle has five axles is easily observed so that the speed can
be checked,but whether a specific vehicle has a gross weight of
26,000 pounds is nearly impossible to tell with the equipment
enforcement personnel have available to them on the road.
Removal of the weight definition will make the applicability of
the speed limit easier to determine and make enforcement easier
and more likely.
FISCAL IMPACT
No Fiscal Impact
Contact
Name: E.D. Strickfadden, Idaho State Police
Phone: 884-7003
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE S 1177