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On March 16, 2017, the Arkansas House introduced a bill that would allow the state highway commission to increase speed limits up to 75 mph (121 km/h) in rural interstate freeways, upon completion of a "traffic and engineering investigation" and sets rural non-divided highway speed limits to 65 mph (105 km/h).
The study concluded the increase of speed limits not only increases the speed of vehicles but can also generate additional deaths: "A 5 mph increase in the maximum state speed limit was associated with an 8.5% increase in fatality rates on interstates/freeways and a 2.8% increase on other roads." [95]
The legislation required 55 mph (89 km/h) speed limits on all four-lane divided highways unless the road had a lower limit before November 1, 1973. In some cases, like the New York State Thruway, the 50 mph (80 km/h) speed limit had to be raised to comply with the law. The law capped speed limits at 55 mph (89 km/h) on all other roads. [18]
The Revised Code of Washington has a set of default speed limits for various types of roads. Rules of the Road: 25 mph is too fast. Is there a lower speed limit for residential alleys?
A 1999 study found that the U.S. states that increased speed limits in the wake of the repeal of federally mandated speed limits had a 15% increase in fatalities.
There is a speed limit of 30mph clear through town, and all the locals know that we might get by going 5 over, but might not. One late night my friend was on duty when a man flew through town at ...
INDOT increased speed limit on I-69 through Bloomington to improve consistency along the highway. Drivers can now go 65 mph on I-69 through Bloomington after speed limit increase Skip to main content
The maximum speed limit on rural two-lane roads ranges from 50 mph (80 km/h) in parts of the northeast to 75 mph (120 km/h) in parts of Texas. On rural Interstate Highways and other freeways, the speed limit ranges from 60 mph (96 km/h) in Hawaii to 85 mph (136 km/h) in parts of Texas. All roads in the United States have a speed limit, but it ...