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Committee introduces RS 32316 to allow limited speed exceedance in passing lanes on rural highways
Summary
RS 32316, introduced by Representative Shepherd and brought before the House Transportation Committee, would allow drivers to exceed posted speed limits by up to 15 mph while passing in designated passing lanes on certain highways outside city limits. The committee voted to introduce the request statute for later hearing.
Representative Sam Shepherd presented RS 32316 to the Idaho House Transportation Committee, describing the measure as an extension and clarification of an existing law governing passing on multi-lane stretches. "What this does is it makes it legal to exceed the posted speed limit by 15 miles an hour in a passing lane," Shepherd said, adding that the…
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