Topeka ? Fines would double on Kansas Highway 10 under a bill approved by a Senate committee.

SB 342, which now goes to the full Senate for consideration, was prompted by deadly traffic accidents on the heavily traveled road.

The family of 5-year-old Cainan Shutt, who was killed in a cross-over crash last year, has testified in favor of the bill.

The proposal would allow the Kansas Department of Transportation to designate safety corridors on busy stretches of roads that have numerous crashes.

In those corridors, signs would be posted warning motorists that traffic fines for moving violations would be doubled along the route. The additional funds collected from the fines would be turned over to the state for enhanced enforcement, signing, education and other safety strategies along the corridors.

KDOT proposes designating K-10 and U.S. Highway 54 through Wichita as safety corridors.