Should the Speed Limit Be Increased to 70mph?

• Glory Days

  

  Classyposter58;1051585 wrote:Turnpike moves a little better at 70 mph nowadays, semi's used to drive super slow it seemed. Honestly though Michigan is where it's at if you wanna drive fast. Once you hit that border 75 mph is the slow lane

  which is surprising for how crappy the highway road is.
• Belly35

  

  Tiernan;1051208 wrote:Yea but when you started driving only Indy cars could go 70 mph!

  In 1964 Muscle Cars where the trend in 1965 I turned 16 bought a 1956 Crown Vic 352 cu in police interceper, headers, holly 4 barrel and hurst 4 speed, chrome reverse rims and baby moons, ...
  
  70 MPH was second gear
  
  Friday/Saturday crusine was very cool ..
• OSH

  

  In South Dakota, the interstates are 75mph. The state highways are 65mph. The county roads are 55mph. Of course, unless there was a sign that said otherwise.
  
  I really enjoyed those speed limits. There are places in Ohio that need a 70mph speed limit. There are state highways that need a 65mph speed limit. I cannot stand driving from Cincy to Columbus on I-71 going 65mph. I can't stand doing 65mph from Cincy to Toledo on I-75.
  
  Yes, just because the speed limit says 65, doesn't mean I don't do a little more (usually 5-7 over). But there are sooooo many people who see 65 and go 60. It's annoying. Get off the road.
• thavoice

  Think i talked about it this summer. Drove to Floriday this summer and took the 'long way' and went through alabama to Mobile first.
  Seemed like the state who had 70MPH had better flow on the roads.
  
  A certain percentage of people are going to go the speed limit no matter what. A certain perfecentage will still go 80+, and then there is that huge middle section that will drive what they feel comfortable at and that seems to be 70-75.
  
  
  So if the limit is 70 then those who go the limit will also go the limit. Those who feel most comfy around 70-75 will still be around 70-75 and then you will have a larger segment of the people going within the same range of speeds. So instead of 65-75 you will be more around 70-75 I would think.
• sleeper

  

  I'm all for the removal of any speed limits. The "market" will dictate the proper speed. If you are too stupid to go to want to 120 when its icy and snowy out, you will be weeded out of the population. Punish those who harm others, we have laws that take care of that already. I see no reason why a person shouldn't be able to go 150 MPH if he/she believes she can handle it.
• OSH

  

  sleeper;1057656 wrote:I'm all for the removal of any speed limits. The "market" will dictate the proper speed. If you are too stupid to go to want to 120 when its icy and snowy out, you will be weeded out of the population. Punish those who harm others, we have laws that take care of that already. I see no reason why a person shouldn't be able to go 150 MPH if he/she believes she can handle it.

  The problem is, that has no control over the innocent who are harmed. While I agree, people need to be held responsible for their actions...I don't think that it'd be good to put innocent people in the situation just to "weed" people out.
  
  People will continue being stupid. Some laws, like this, helps with accountability for some peoples' stupidity -- especially before innocent people may be harmed.
• sleeper

  

  OSH;1057666 wrote:The problem is, that has no control over the innocent who are harmed. While I agree, people need to be held responsible for their actions...I don't think that it'd be good to put innocent people in the situation just to "weed" people out.
  
  People will continue being stupid. Some laws, like this, helps with accountability for some peoples' stupidity -- especially before innocent people may be harmed.

  Driving is not a right though. If you feel that the roads are to dangerous for you and your loved ones to use, you have the choice not to use them. That is why the market will decide the proper speed limit.
• Little Danny

  

  I think an interesting study would be to look at states who increased their speed limits over 65mph and see if there are increased fatalities.
  
  I did a quick google search and found 3-4 studies from different states that noted both an increase in some places and a decrease in others. I am sure there is much more raw data out there, but I have serious doubts about all the claims that an increase of 5mph will cause total anarchy, death and catastrophic injury.
• sleeper

  

  Little Danny;1057679 wrote:I think an interesting study would be to look at states who increased their speed limits over 65mph and see if there are increased fatalities.
  
  I did a quick google search and found 3-4 studies from different states that noted both an increase in some places and a decrease in others. I am sure there is much more raw data out there, but I have serious doubts about all the claims that an increase of 5mph will cause total anarchy, death and catastrophic injury.

  Careful, LJ will ask you to post all of the links to these studies to back up the claim. They will have to be peer-reviewed and make the exact claim you are stating, otherwise they are false and you are wrong.