States Raise Speed Limit on Major Highways

States Raise Speed Limit on Major Highways

States around the country, including Texas and Michigan, have increased speed limits on hundreds of miles of interstate highways, with other states, including Virginia, expected to follow soon, reports The Wall Street Journal. Lawmakers in statesthat support raising speed limits saya raise in the limitwill make roads safer by restoring credibility to speed-limit signs and making driving speeds more uniform. While transportation engineers acknowledge that raising speed limits hurts fuel efficiency, they contend that careful studies of traffic flow and driver behavior show that many speed limits are actually too low.