November 1, 2017
Arkansas opened a 45-day comment period Monday on whether highway officials should let motorists drive at higher speeds and within minutes had elicited confessions from drivers who wrote that, while they themselves speed, other drivers are going even faster. Legislators …
August 3, 2017
While a new Arkansas law that took effect Tuesday authorizes speeds of up to 75 mph on some major highways, state highway officials said, “Not so fast.” Engineers are still studying road designs and traffic patterns to determine whether Arkansas …
March 31, 2014
The Florida legislature is considering a bill that could lead to a 75 mph speed limit on interstate highways. Highway safety advocates say that if the Florida Legislature passes the there could be more crashes, injuries and deaths. The bill’s …
April 16, 2013
An effort to raise the maximum possible speed limit on North Carolina roads to 75 miles per hour raced through the state Senate on Thursday. The chamber voted 45-1 to give the state Department of Transportation authority to set speed …