2/2/06-Gov. Frank Murkowski has proposed legislation that would allow state officials to designate dangerous stretches of highway as a “traffic safety corridor.”
Under the designation, speeding and other violations would carry double the normal fines.
The Alaska Department of Transportation would be responsible for identifying problem stretches of highway.
Road signs would be posted at the beginning and end of each corridor warning drivers that they are in a traffic-safety zone.
The governor’s proposal doesn’t specify the criteria for designating the traffic-safety area, the Anchorage Daily News reported.
Mike Barton, the agency’s commissioner, said officials would look at various statistics to determine the safety zones, including the number and frequency of accidents and deaths.
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