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Panel introduces bill to allow limited 15 mph speed increase in highway passing lanes
Summary
Representative Sam Shepherd introduced RS 32316 to permit drivers to exceed posted speeds by up to 15 mph while using passing lanes on highways where passing is appropriate. The committee approved introduction and will schedule a bill hearing.
Representative Sam Shepherd asked the House Transportation Committee to introduce RS 32316, a proposal to allow drivers to exceed the posted speed limit by up to 15 miles per hour while using passing lanes on certain highways.
"What this does is it makes it legal to exceed the speed limit posted speed limit by 15 miles an hour in a passing lane also," Shepherd said, noting that the change…
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