OOIDA Information Update - Idaho Members
February 21, 2007

Attention: Idaho truckers. A bill that would have eliminated the state's split speed limit on interstate highways died Tuesday, Feb. 20, in the Senate Transportation Committee.

Sponsored by Sen. Tim Corder, R-Mountain Home, the bill - S1075 - would have tweaked the speeds on the affected routes to 70 mph for all vehicles.

OOIDA member Jim Moore of Caldwell, ID, testified in support of uniform speed limits. Sen. Keough, R-Sandpoint, made the motion to hold bill in committee. Sen. Robert L. Geddes, R-Soda Springs, approved the motion. Committee members voted unanimously to kill the bill. There were no objections.

Even though no one at the hearing testified in opposition, lawmakers deferred to residents who had sent dozens of e-mails, and made phone calls to the committee members opposing the change.

Committee members said they might discuss the issue again in a later session if there is more evidence to support a change. But lawmakers agreed the bill was likely dead for this session.