<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Where in Idaho is it safe to drive 80 mph? <br><br></div>Down by Boise, in the "Other Idaho" <br><br></div>Janesta<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 7:21 AM, Tom Hansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><br></div><div>Courtesy of today's (March 12, 2014) Spokesman-Review.</div><div><br></div><div>-----------------------------------</div><div><h1 style="clear:both;line-height:1.2;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-size:28px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 10px">
Idaho eyes 80 mph top speed limit</h1><p style="margin-bottom:21px;overflow:visible!important"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">BOISE – Some stretches of freeway in Idaho could see speed limits rise to 80 mph, under legislation that won final passage in the Idaho House on Tuesday and headed to the governor’s desk.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:21px;overflow:visible!important"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">The House was closely divided, approving the measure on a 34-31 vote, with opponents citing safety concerns.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:21px;overflow:visible!important"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Backers said the Idaho Transportation Department would only up the top speeds on sections where it determines, after engineering and traffic studies, that it would be in the public interest. Attention is aimed squarely at the southern end of the state, where I-84 across the Utah state line already is at 80 mph, which Idaho remains at 75.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:21px;overflow:visible!important"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Rep. Marc Gibbs, R-Grace, the bill’s House sponsor, said, “I think it can safely be done in Idaho.”</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:21px;overflow:visible!important">
<span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Utah did a three-year experiment with 80 mph top speeds and found that accident rates didn’t rise with the higher limit, in part because drivers on the selected stretches of freeway mostly went no faster than they had before.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:21px;overflow:visible!important"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">The bill, SB 1284a, also would allow ITD to raise top speeds from 65 mph to 70 mph on selected stretches of state highway, under the same conditions. If Gov. Butch Otter signs the bill into law, it would take effect July 1; it’d then be up to ITD to decide when, or if, any speed limits would rise.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:21px;overflow:visible!important"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Utah is currently the only state with an 80 mph top speed limit, but Texas is at 85 mph.</span></p></div><div>-----------------------------------</div>
<div><br></div><div>Senate Bill 1284</div><div><span><a href="http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2014/S1284E2.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2014/S1284E2.pdf</a></span></div><div>
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<div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br>
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