Hoosiers likely won t be getting speeding tickets from highway speed cameras anytime soon. That s after House Bill 1465 to create a pilot program for such cameras is all but dead this session.
Editorial
Increasing trucks load limits puts all in danger
Kiera Lee-Davis has a “deeply personal reason” to oppose House Bill 1190, legislation that would allow heavier trucks on Indiana roads. In a letter to the editor, the Terre Haute woman explains that her 23-year-old brother and her father were killed in 2017, along with a mother of five, when their car was struck from behind by a truck that failed to slow for an accident along Interstate 70.
Marion County Sheriff Kerry J. Forestal and Lawrence County Sheriff Mike Branham also oppose HB 1190.
“Unfortunately, we have seen too many truck crashes resulting in senseless tragedy and loss of life,” they wrote in an op-ed column published recently in the Indianapolis Star. “And while many of these crashes are not always the fault of the truck or truck driver, the reality is cars end up the loser upon impact. According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, in 2019 (the last year for which data is compiled),
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Weekly Statehouse Update: School Choice Expansion, Defund The Police Ban Rejected
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School voucher expansion clears the House. The Senate passes a bill to more harshly penalize rioters. And a measure banning “defund the police” is soundly rejected.
Here’s what you might have missed this week at the Statehouse.
Controversial legislation that would create Indiana s first educational savings account program and expand the eligibility of state-funded private school vouchers to families with double the state s median income passed out of the House Tuesday.
Under the expansion, families making double the state’s median income would now be eligible for those vouchers. And voucher expansion would take up about a third of House Republicans’ proposed increase in K-12 school funding in the next state budget.
A bill that would allow more overweight trucks on Indiana roadways is pitting manufacturers and farmers against railway and police groups.
Those in favor say the bill will reduce costs and allow for more fair and efficient trucking. Opponents say allowing more overweight trucks would damage roads, put regular vehicles in danger and take business from railroads.
The bill passed out of the House Roads and Transportation committee Tuesday morning, though the vote was close and five of the seven representatives who voted in favor expressed reservations.
How permits work now
Indiana law says truck loads that can be broken up into smaller loads â think a truck hauling corn versus a truck hauling a huge piece of machinery â may not exceed 80,000 pounds. For comparison, passenger cars typically weigh between 2,000 and 7,000 pounds.