Cars Got Safer, So Missouri Wants To Let Them Go Even Faster

Speed limits are a hot topic lately. Across the USA, upper limits on rural interstates are all over the place. Plenty of ...
The Macomb Daily

States rethink a long-held practice of setting speed limits based on how fast drivers travel

Rose Hammond pushed authorities for years to lower the 55 mph speed limit on a two-lane road that passes her assisted living community, a church, two schools and a busy park that hosts numerous youth ...
Politifact

Speedy acceleration to 70 mph

In unveiling his statewide transportation plan in July 2009, then-gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell vowed to pursue a measure allowing motorists to zip through the rural parts of Virginia a bit ...
The Times Leader

Pennsylvania to add 70 mph speed limit to nearly 800 miles

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highway miles posted at 70 miles per hour will multiply to nearly 1,000. State transportation officials said Monday that they will begin adding 70 miles per hour ...
Asheville Citizen-Times

Is North Carolina raising speed limits? What we know about HB 112

North Carolina House Bill 112 proposes raising the maximum speed limit on certain interstate highways to 75 mph. Current North Carolina law sets the highest speed limit at 70 mph and includes basic ...
Your Observer

Speed limits reduced on nine roads in Manatee County

Drivers in Manatee County are going to have to slow down after commissioners approved lowering speeds on segments of nine ...
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North Dakota is raising its interstate speed limit to 80 mph on Aug. 1: Here's what to know

North Dakota is about to raise the speed limit on its interstate highways to 80 mph – but be careful, the fines for speeding are about to go up, too. In early May, Gov. Kelly Armstrong signed ...