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Show Is $ 1 ,000 fine for speeding in Utah school zones fair? appreciate it when people obey the speed limit. A thousand dollars doesn't renav two By KRIS JOHNSON Staff Writer Is $1,000 too much to pay for a speeding ticket? Utah lawmaker Rep. Michael G. Waddoups, R-Salt Lake City, doesn't think so. He recently in- life. I think it's a good idea to have some fines assessed." Joel Wendel said, "It's a little stiff, but I think it will help curb people's speeding through such areas. I used to drive quite a bit and I would see a lot of people violate it, I mean they just came boring through. r j childrens lives, for sure, but I think possibly the increment of increase in-crease for fine could be a little bit more proportionate propor-tionate to, say, s C,, . ,- troduced a bill to raise fines for speeding in school zones up to $1,000. The bill calls for establishing minimum fines for speeders who drive faster than Kids are just not aware, and they will just walk right out into the road and they can get hurt, and I think a thousand dollar fine is stiff, but required. re-quired. ' ' The proposed f I n per hour over the Cody Poole speed limit." Cody Poole said, "I think that it would be pretty good law because a lot of little kids can get hurt. There are a lot of high school kids that do speed. A thousand dollars is pretty extreme, ex-treme, and I don't know that it should be that high, but I think it needs to be known that it's a serious matter we need to deal with." Judy Kuepper said, "I agree with steeper fines, but I think a thousand dollars is a bit much for speeding over 40 miles per hour. I think there's been a lot of kids killed because people are going too fast, so I law is designed to Jim James "save lives and to stop the slaughter of children," Waddoups Wad-doups said of his bill, citing the heartbreak heart-break of families in his home district whose children have been involved in fatal traffic accidents. "Parents and PTA members 20 mph in school Cory Winegar zones. The proposed pro-posed law dictates that motorists driving driv-ing 21 to 29 mph would pay a minimum $50 fine; from 30 to 39 mph, a minimum $500 fine; and, a $1 ,000 fine for speeds in excess of 40 mph. The Davis County Clipper interviewed inter-viewed citizens at the U.S. Post Office in Bountiful regarding the proposed pro-posed law. Cory Winegar, Bountiful, said, "Yeah, I think it's good. I think it's throughout the state seem to think the bill is a good idea. You talk to those people in those areas where children were killed and it comes home strongly to them." Waddoups know that they do need to be stricter, but I still think a thousand dollars is too high." Wayne Reichmann said, "There's a big need to have people peo-ple slow down. At . . X L r I j r dangerous if you speed in a school zone. You need to stop speeding. Don't speed and you won't get in trouble." Ann Collet said, 4 'A thousand dollars seems a - I W ' - I V . - - J said. Joel Wendel The bill, if passed, pass-ed, will go into effect in July of this year. Money raised by the new fines could be used to pay crossing guards, and to upgrade safety measures at school crossings. tirst, hearing about Ju Ku a thousand dollar fine for that speed seems excessive, but in a school zone during school hours that fine is not excessive when you consider it can save a person's 4 little stiff, but we Ann do need to protect our children. I have grade-school children myself and I |