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SENATE BILL NO. 1349 – MV, commercial, speed limits

SENATE BILL NO. 1349

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S1349.....................................................by TRANSPORTATION
COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES - Amends existing law to delete the maximum speed
limit on the interstate highways for vehicles with five or more axles
operating at a gross weight of more than twenty-six thousand pounds.
                                                                        
02/03    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/06    Rpt prt - to Transp

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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2006
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1349
                                                                        
                                BY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE BASIC RULE AND MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS; AMENDING SECTION  49-654,
  3        IDAHO  CODE,  TO DELETE THE MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS FOR
  4        VEHICLES WITH FIVE OR MORE AXLES OPERATING AT A GROSS WEIGHT OF MORE  THAN
  5        TWENTY-SIX THOUSAND POUNDS.
                                                                        
  6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  7        SECTION  1.  That  Section  49-654, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  8    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  9        49-654.  BASIC RULE AND MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS. (1) No person shall drive  a
 10    vehicle at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions
 11    and  having  regard to the actual and potential hazards then existing. Consis-
 12    tent with the foregoing, every person shall drive at a  safe  and  appropriate
 13    speed  when  approaching and crossing an intersection or railroad grade cross-
 14    ing, when approaching and going around a curve, when approaching a  hillcrest,
 15    when  traveling  upon  any narrow or winding highway, and when special hazards
 16    exist with respect to pedestrians or other traffic or by reason of weather  or
 17    highway conditions.
 18        (2)  Where no special hazard or condition exists that requires lower speed
 19    for  compliance  with subsection (1) of this section the limits as hereinafter
 20    authorized shall be maximum lawful speeds, and no person shall drive a vehicle
 21    at a speed in excess of the maximum limits:
 22        (a)  Thirty-five (35) miles per hour or a  lesser  maximum  speed  adopted
 23        pursuant to section 49-207(2)(a), Idaho Code, in any residential, business
 24        or urban district;
 25        (b)  Thirty-five (35) miles per hour in any urban district;
 26        (c)  Seventy-five (75) miles per hour on interstate highways;
 27        (d)  Sixty-five (65) miles per hour on state highways;
 28        (e)  Fifty-five  (55)  miles  per hour in other locations unless otherwise
 29        posted up to a maximum of sixty-five (65) miles per hour.
 30        (3)  The maximum lawful speed  limit  on  interstate  highways  shall  not
 31    exceed sixty-five (65) miles per hour for vehicles with five (5) or more axles
 32    operating at a gross weight of more than twenty-six thousand (26,000) pounds.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                      STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                            RS 15826

The purpose of this amendment is to eliminate the dual speed
limit requirement on freeways. Requiring vehicles with five
axles or more and weighing 26,000 pounds and above to drive at
lower speeds impedes the flow of traffic and creates unsafe
driving conditions.



                          FISCAL IMPACT

The fiscal impact to the General Fund for the removal of existing
signs would be $9000. The impact would be absorbed in the
existing Idaho Transportation budget thus no new appropriation
would be required. There is no impact to county budgets.





Contact
Name:     Senator Tim Corder
Phone:    208-599-0427



STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                     S 1349