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With the recent increase of the speed limit to 85 mph on a Texas tollway, I decided to do a poll - which state do you think will be the next to raise its maximum speed limit to 80 mph?
In my poll, I included all the states that currently have a 75 mph maximum speed limit.
If I would guess, I would probably say Montana. However, Wyoming would be a close second for me. Early this year, there was actually a bill that would have increased Wyoming's speed limit to 80, however, it died in congress.
Eastern Montana. In 1996 when the federal government lifted the restrictions, Montana set the speed limits as "reasonable and prudent." which gave flexibility due to traffic, conditions, and other factors. It was repealed some time later and speed limit of 75 was established.
Arizona. We've already had proposed legislation to raise the speed limit on Interstate 10 to 85 MPH. Who knows if it'll ever happen, but the proposal is out there.
Kansas had 80mph speed limits prior to 1974. Why that state did not return speed limits to pre-55 levels speaks of revenue generation. I am still waiting for Ohio to raise the Turnpike speed limit to 75mph, like it was pre-1974.
There are only two places in the US where a 10-mph deceleration is required on an interstate: Idaho into Oregon on I-84 and Maine into New Hampshire on I-95.
Many years ago, there was a big deceleration going from Illinois into Kentucky. Illinois had a 65 limit at all times on all highways, and Kentucky had 55 daytime and 45 night. So crossing from Illinois to Kentucky at night, you had to slow from 65 to 45. Interesting that after 60 years, with the development of all the interstates, Illinois speed limit has remained the same, at 65.
Eastern Montana
California:
I-5 in the Central Valley should be 80 mph as long as they direct the slow drivers to 99 or 101
I second that.. also, urban areas in California should have a speed limit of 70-75, not 65 as traffic already moves at those higher speeds..
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