65 mph limit passes committee,
now goes before House for vote
By B.|. Thomsen
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SALEM - Gov. Neil
Goldschmidt's concern that the
legislature will raise the max
imum speed limit on Oregon
highways to 65 mph moved a
step closer to reality Tuesday.
House Bill 3147. which
would eliminate the 55 mph
speed limit, was unanimously
passed out of the House
Transportation Committee on
Tuesday. The bill now goes
before the full House.
The primary amendment
made to the bill before it gained
passage out of committee was
the establishment of a uniform
bail schedule for speeders on all
roads in the state. The fines
range from $25, for exceeding
the proposed limit hy 5 mph. up
to $250 for traveling at speeds
in excess of 85 mph.
Originally, a two-tiered bail
schedule was proposed by Rep.
Kandy Miller. R-Clackamas. the
primary sponsor of the bill. The
bill would have established one
set of fines for interstate
highways and another set of less
severe fines for secondary
highways. Highway 99 is an ex
ample of a secondary highway.
Miller said he favors the two
tiered schedule because on
Highway 99. for example,
speeders would not only be fin
ed for exceeding the speed limit
but could also be fined $250 for
violation of the basic speed
rule. The rule makes it illegal
for motorists to travel beyond
the speed deemed prudent by
the arresting officer for current
road conditions.
Richard Burbeck of the
Oregon State Police said his
agency favors a uniform bail
schedule because officers in
many parts of the state must
patrol both interstate highway!
and secondary highways. A
two-tiered bail schedule may
cause confusion, he said.
The first proposed amend
ment would have imposed a
fine of $100 on speeders travel
ing between 1-10 mph over 65.
Legislative
L issues
Burbeck raised some concern
ntMHit such a stiff penalty for
that degree of violation of the
speed limit. He said he believes
some traffic officers would la
reluctant to give such a large
fine to people only going 1 rtiph
over the limit. He also said the
courts may be similarly reluc
tant to levy such stiff penalties
on speeders going only a few
miles over the speed limit.
Trucks and buses, however,
still will be required to obey a
55 mph maximum speed on
Oregon highways. And the cur
rent maximum speed limit will
remain in effect for all highways
and interstate highways inside
urban areas with a population of
50.000 or more.
The bill has a good chance of
gaining approval from the
House, according to Miller, but
he said he is uncertain how the
Senate will receive the bill.
He remains optimistic,
however, that the bill will be
able to generate a majority of
support in the Senate.
Sen. lane (lease. LM’ortland,
chairwoman of the Senate
Transportation Committee, has
a different view of the bill's
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chances in the Senate, however
"Mv suspicion is that a
number of senators don't like
the idea of an increase in the
jfyeod limit.” she said.
The hill would have a better
chance of passage in the Senate,
she said, if Senate Kill 87, the
seat belt bill, wort' made law
SH 87 was defeated in the House
on April 22 by a vote of 33-27.
The bill was sent hack to the
House Human Resources Com
mittee for reconsideration.
Some senators, including
Sen. Grattan Kerens. D-Eugeno,
would like to see the two hills
tier! together in a package
"Statistics seem to indicate that
at (>5 with seat belts, more lives
are saved than at the 55
without," he said
A mandatory seat belt law
and the speed limit increase are
two distinct issues, however,
according to Miller
A marriage of the two bills
would send the wrong message
to Oregon drivers, he said Such
a move may cause people to
think the only place one needs
to wear seat belts is on the
freeway, he said, noting that
"95 percent of fatalities don't
happen on freeways.”
Correction
The Oregon Daily
Emerald incorrectly
reported on Tuesday that
ASUO Project Saferide
receiver! 248 responses to
its survey last week The
actual number was 448
The Emerald regrets any
inconvenience this may
have caused.
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