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Kansas senators hear bill to treat extreme speeding as reckless driving
Summary
A Senate Transportation Committee hearing on SB113 considered classifying drivers who travel 100+ mph or 35+ mph over the limit as reckless drivers; proponents from KDOT and law enforcement cited rising high-speed incidents and safety harms, and the committee plans further work on the bill.
The Senate Transportation Committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 113, which would expand Kansas’s reckless-driving definition to include driving at 100 miles an hour or more, or 35 miles per hour over the posted speed limit.
Adam, a committee staff member, briefed members that the proposal would remove the separate culpable-mental-state requirement in some cases so that those extreme speeds alone would qualify as reckless driving, while the bill would not automatically trigger license revocation solely for that conviction.
Catherine Magana,…
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