BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota lawmakers are supporting big increases in some of the state’s highway speeding fines.

North Dakota has some of the region’s lowest fines for speeders.
They’re also hard for law officers to calculate without using a chart.
     The Legislature’s Transportation Committee on Wednesday endorsed
raising the fines and making them easier to figure.
     Now, someone who’s caught driving 65 mph on a 55 mph road is
fined $10. Under the new bill, the fine would be $50.
     Someone going 80 mph on North Dakota’s interstate highways would
be fined $50, instead of $25.
     The bill would also allow cities to increase their speeding
penalties.
     Fargo state Rep. Ed Gruchalla and assistant West Fargo police
chief Mike Reitan say the higher fines will be a deterrent to highway leadfoots.