Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
This thread refers to maximum allowed speeds anywhere in a given state. I think attention needs to be given to the secondary roads, where the limits are awfully low. See link to thread on that issue. And to highways stuck at 55 where the state allows higher limits on only a few roads, like New York.
In other words, the maximum speeds that states permit in the middle of nowhere is less important that the overall bias towards artificially low limits. This hurts both productivity and safety.
I surprised Nevada has a speed limit for the 10 people who don't live in Vegas and Reno areas?
There is a theoretical limit between Reno & LV and Reno & Elko, but it is only theoretical, you have to be going really, really fast before NHP raises an eyebrow.
The de facto limit between LA & Vegas and LA & SF (5 Freeway) is something north of 80mph. You have to be going closer to 90mph or slaloming before the CHP takes notice.
Quote:
Originally Posted by jambo101
How long before these new increased speed limits are too slow? and a call for even higher speed limits ensues, Why not just ban speed limits all together and let people drive at whatever speed they like.
Missouri is up for an increase as well (70-75) hope it makes it through.
Would recommend enforcing laws to increase safety on the interstate. Hands-free telephones, no texting, and staying right except to pass. Start ticketing people RELIGIOUSLY for staying in the left lane, or better yet cameras to enforce highway speed setup by the Highway Patrol...Then people won't have to brake everytime they see law enforcement on the freeway, even when they're going below the posted speed limit...it's ridiculous.
We should all enjoy the freedom of happily passing a LEO at highspeed, and doing so legally w/o worry.
As I already posted, parts of the DE-1 tollway have been 65 for many years; it is only I-95 that remained at 55.
The state currently with the lowest speed limit is Hawaii at 60 mph. However, some U.S. territories have lower speed limits; only Puerto Rico has speed limits higher than 55 (65 mph on the tolled Autopistas).
Last edited by Pink Jazz; 03-06-2015 at 12:15 PM..
Dont know if I could support this except for making revenue gathering enforcement upon otherwise safe drivers difficult.
At least here in san diego the roads are filled with clueless idiots who drive 45-50 on the freeway. The rest of traffic going 20 over that is plenty. Remember, in conjested traffic the biggest risk is not so much speed but differences of and if these people- be they old, chicken**** or from countries whose main form of conveyance is donkey carts (unlike most of us who didnt need drivers ed after 15 years in the passenger seat watching our parents drive) cant merge or judge right of way easily with 20 mph differences we cant expect that to improve with 10 more.
I have come up with a list of states that have recently proposed increasing their maximum speed limits. Here is what I have found so far:
Passed
New Hampshire - 65 to 70
Pending
Maryland - 65 to 70 (previously stalled, revived last month)
Michigan - 70 to 80
Mississippi - 70 to 75
Missouri - 70 to 75
Montana - 75 to 80 (House bill dead, but Senate bill still alive)
Nevada - 75 to 85 (previously stalled, revived last month)
Oregon - 65 to 75
Washington - 70 to 75
Wisconsin - 65 to 70
Stalled
Iowa - 70 to 75
Oklahoma - 75 to 80
Does anyone know of any other proposals that I missed?
Add Maine to your list of places where it passed. It went up in 2011 from 65 to 75, but it was limited to a certain rural stretch of I-95 north of Old Town. In 2013, they allowed the DOT commissioner to set speed limits up to 75 any part of the Interstate system. It was raised to 70 in most places, but northern Maine still has the highest speed limit east of the Mississippi.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
