Legislature set to approve snowmobile speed limit

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Legislature is set to approve making permanent a 55 mile-per-hour speed limit for snowmobilers after dark.

The speed limit has been in place off and on since 2006 but will expire July 1 if lawmakers don't act.

The state Senate is set to approve the limit today. The Assembly has already approved it, so if the Senate agrees it will then go to Gov. Jim Doyle for his consideration.

Supporters say the limit helps reduce the number of crashes and fatalities. Previously, Wisconsin had no speed limit on snowmobiles. As many as three dozen or more people have died in one year in Wisconsin snowmobile crashes.

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