Article: A LAW IN NAME ONLY UP TO 90% OF DRIVERS IGNORE 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT, STATE FINDS.(Main)

Article: Lawmakers put on the brakes.(New York, speed ...
Snow Goer;  August 1, 2005 ;     665 words ...New York lawmakers put the brakes on snowmobilers ... by passing a bill that set a 55 MPH speed limit for most trails statewide. Until the bill, there had not been a speed limit in New York for snowmobiles. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED ...

Article: New York Hikes Speed Limit On More ...
Transport Topics;  May 3, 2004 ;     435 words ... ... George Pataki said April 26 the speed limit would rise to 65 mph from 55 on 134 more miles of superhighway in New York state. The higher speeds would allow ... bicycle traffic. Previously, the speed limit could be increased to 65 mph only ...

Article: GOING ON SNOW WILL TOP OUT AT 55 MPH; NEW LAW SETS A SPEED ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  September 2, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... trails at the new legal speed limit of 55 miles per hour ... We'll take the speed limit," said Jim Jennings, executive director of the New York State Snowmobilers Association ... Currently there is no speed limit, and sponsors of the ...

Article: KEEP THE 55 MPH LIMIT THE ISSUE A PROTEST GROUP WANTS NEW ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  May 3, 1993 ;     636 words ...Since most New Yorkers exceed the 55 mile-an-hour speed limit, why not just raise it to 65 and end the hypocrisy? That ... fatalities -- up 15 to 20 percent -- in states where the speed limit has been raised to 65. Yet the safety agency found the reverse ...

Article: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants devices ...
Reason;  July 1, 2006 ;     441 words ...New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants devices placed on vehicles that would light up if they exceed the speed limit. Bloomberg got the idea from Singapore, where all taxis and trucks are so equipped.

Article: OPPOSITION RISES TO INCREASING SPEED LIMIT.(Local)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  February 6, 1987 ;     700+ words ... ... convinced the 55 mph speed limit has saved lives in New York since the new ... people died on New York roads in the ... before the 55 mph speed limit was imposed ... as far as New York state is concerned ... improved since the speed limit was ...

Article: DRIVE TO LIFT SPEED LIMIT GAINS ALLY.(Main)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  August 26, 1986 ;     700+ words ... ... representative of the New York State Automobile ... support of a 55-mph speed limit. James J. McGowan ... against raising the speed limit," said Michael ... spokesman for the New York State Police ... found that the speed limit has been very ...