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I live in southern Utah and the speed on I-15 is 80 mph to the north of me. With so many big trucks on I-15 now, maintaining speed at 80 is a hassle, especially in the afternoon. I set my cruise control at about 70ish and I feel I can travel longer without having to brake, speed up, etc.
I travel to Las Cruces a few times a year to visit my son and his family. I try to avoid I-40 as much as possible, preferring to get off at Holbrook and then hit I-25 when I get to Socorro. I'm on I-25 either early morning or early evening. Doesn't seem overrun with trucks at those times. I-25 could use a stretch or two at 80 in my opinion.
Too dangerous with many amateurs driving travel trailers or RVs or uhual trucks or trailers. Big trucks are bad enough but people who think all they have to do is aim it down the road would be a greater menace. They are a hazard if they drive slower and a hazard if they try to drive at 80. Most people are already driving over the speed limit.
No. The amount of fuel wasted traveling at that speed is too high.
Not if someone is driving an EV. And besides that if someone wants to spend a little more on gas to drive 80 should that not be their decision, not the governments?
Too dangerous with many amateurs driving travel trailers or RVs or uhual trucks or trailers. Big trucks are bad enough but people who think all they have to do is aim it down the road would be a greater menace. They are a hazard if they drive slower and a hazard if they try to drive at 80. Most people are already driving over the speed limit.
I have driven on I-10 at 80 in Texas. I believe big trucks and people hauling trailer etc have a lower speed limit. I have driven that stretch many times and accidents are rare. Much my dangerous in my opinion driving in a big city with a 55 or 60 speed limit.
I-10 has just as heavy truck traffic as I-40 Matt. That being established, I think there shouldn't be any speed limits on these roads. Reasonable and prudent is the way to go.
I-10's truck traffic tends to be more seasonal, particularly in winter to avoid winter storms on I-40. Plus, "reasonable and prudent" is not compliant with the MUTCD.
Not if someone is driving an EV. And besides that if someone wants to spend a little more on gas to drive 80 should that not be their decision, not the governments?
During the OPEC oil embargo in the 70's, the government did lower speed limits nationwide to around 55.
I-10 has just as heavy truck traffic as I-40 Matt. That being established, I think there shouldn't be any speed limits on these roads. Reasonable and prudent is the way to go.
That is interesting in that I wonder if there is any actual data on that.
During the OPEC oil embargo in the 70's, the government did lower speed limits nationwide to around 55.
And that was ended because it was very unpopular. We have plenty of oil now. We don't tell people who use heating oil to keep their home at a certain temperature in order to save fuel. Yet somehow some people think its fine to keep speeds low for the same reason.
That is interesting in that I wonder if there is any actual data on that.
As a society we get hung up on an arbitrary number. Someone who is weaving between lanes is easily more culpable as a perpetrator of bad behavior than someone driving through Hudspeth County Texas at 90 mph on I-10 on an uncrowded stretch of road. Similarly, someone driving 45 mph in the left lane in El Paso County in between the Airway Boulevard exit and the Spaghetti Bowl at 8:00 am is a far greater hazard than someone who is driving 75 mph at 1 pm in the middle lane of the same highway.
I was driving 80+ when the speed limit was still 55. Get a radar detector and Waze and ignore the underposted speed limits in the US which are just there for revenue purposes anyway.
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