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State Police ask judges to back stiffer penalties for drivers exceeding 100 mph in HB482
Summary
A State Police lieutenant told the Senate Judiciary Committee HB482 would raise fines and extend license suspensions for drivers traveling over 100 miles per hour, citing a large increase in extreme speeding detected by aerial patrol.
Lieutenant Chris Storm of the New Hampshire State Police appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee to introduce HB482, which would increase fines and extend license suspensions for drivers recorded traveling over 100 miles per hour.
"We hope that you guys would be more than willing to endorse a house bill and pass house bill 482 so we can work together to create safer roads and reduce reckless driving on our roadways," Lieutenant Storm told the committee. He said aircraft monitoring of the interstate system has shown a large increase in extreme speeds.
"Just with our aircraft on the interstate system, we've seen ... almost a 200% increase, 230% increase in people traveling over a hundred miles an hour just on the interstate system alone," Storm said.
Under the measure described to the committee, fines for reckless driving at speeds above 100 mph would increase to $750 and license suspensions for reckless driving at those speeds would increase from 60 to 90 days. Storm said the version presented in the Senate was "exactly the same" as the House version.
Committee members asked clarifying questions and then closed the hearing on HB482 with no vote recorded.
Ending: The committee concluded the hearing; the bill remains under committee consideration.
