Committee holds hearing on raising minimum speed limits on state highways
Lawmakers held a hearing on House Bill 809, which would raise minimum speed limits on certain state highways; sponsor cited endorsements from public-safety groups but DOT cost and implementation issues remain unresolved and the committee treated the item as hearing-only.
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An unnamed sponsor presented House Bill 809 and described it as an effort to raise minimum speed limits on portions of the state's highways — not to increase maximum speed limits — to reduce speed differentials that the sponsor said contribute to rear-end collisions.
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