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Senator Rummel outlines amendment to raise interstate limit to 80 mph, add variable electronic speed signs and simplify fines; committee postpones action
Summary
Senator Rummel proposed amending a highway bill to raise maximum interstate limits to 80 mph on I‑29 and I‑94, standardize fines at $5 per mile over the limit, and authorize variable electronic speed-limit signs in high-crash zones.
Senator Rummel presented an amendment (to House Bill 12‑98) that would increase posted maximum speed limits on Interstate 29 and Interstate 94 in specified segments to 80 miles per hour, simplify speeding penalties to a uniform $5 for each mile per hour over the posted limit, and authorize the Department of Transportation to install and operate variable electronic speed-limit signs in identified high-crash zones.
Rummel said the amendment also removes a statutory provision…
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