Article: Speed limits: dangerous driving puts lives at risk.(YOUR CHOICES)

Article: SPEED LIMIT HIKE NEARLY HITS ROADBLOCK IN HOUSE
Evansville Courier & Press;  February 7, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... in their opinion, raising the speed limit was a bad idea. One by one, Rep ... votes that were promised for his speed limit bill dwindle. When it came time ... open as supporters of raising the speed limit began harassing "no" voters into ...

Article: Higher speed limit upsets Loudendale residents
Charleston Daily Mail;  August 8, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... change. "When you change the speed limit, you're not really changing ... impression that when you raise the speed limit you raise speeds. That's not always the case ... for an example of how a higher speed limit can work effectively. In the ...

Article: 75 mph speed limit sought Divided, four-lane Kansas ...
The Topeka Capital-Journal;  February 18, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... authority to set speed limits for different ... result in higher speeds on interstate ... mph over the speed limit. The bill would ... consider increasing speeds only in rural ... passed. He said speed limits likely ... increased the speed limit on interstates ...

Article: Effort to Raise Speed Limit Stalls Amid Strong ...
The Washington Post;  September 14, 1989 ;     700+ words ... ... Virginia, where the higher speed limit began on July 1, 1988 ... highway where the 65 mph speed limit is in effect. Virginia ... an increase in actual speeds on the 65 mile-per ... highways with the higher speed limit increased 19 percent ...

Article: Study: Higher Interstate Speed Limit Proves Safe ...
AScribe Medicine News Service;  June 23, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... have determined that raising the speed limit from 65 to 70 on Interstate 65 ... that the benefits of raising the speed limit outweigh potential safety hazards ... opposite. "The safety of raising the speed limit has been a matter of considerable ...

Article: Lifting Speed Limit Led To More Deaths, U.S. Finds; ...
The Washington Post;  January 14, 1989 ;     700+ words ... ... on rural highways on which the speed limit was raised to 65 mph, an increase ... 1987 to allow states to raise the speed limit to 65 mph on highways passing through ... involved 38 states that raised the speed limit in 1987 and 10 states that did ...

Article: DRIVE TO LIFT SPEED LIMIT GAINS ALLY.(Main)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  August 26, 1986 ;     700+ words ... ... from its support of a 55-mph speed limit. James J. McGowan, legislative ... has been to support a 55-mph speed limit, "I think we've become aware ... states the authority to raise the speed limit. Under current law, the federal ...