Repeat that: the Turnpike had its safest year ever. Better than with a 55-mph or 65-mph limit. Historically Ohio had a safer year than it ever did with with the 35-mph national speed limit and gas rationing of World War II. And than we ever had with the 55-mph speed limit!
The facts are simple:
First, people don’t “always” violate the limit by 10mph. For example, the speed data for South Dakota shows that 15 years after raising the rural speed limit to 75-mph in 1996, the average speed has been at or below the 75 limit… not much different than Ohio Turnpike speeds! http://www.sddot.com/pe/data/Docs/speed2011.pdf
Third, EPA ratings show that (with trivial exceptions for certain hybrid vehicles) highway travel is far more fuel efficient than stop-and-go street travel.
SO, WHY is attention and enforcement wasted on long-distance travelers using our fastest, safest, most fuel efficient roads ? IMHO, it’s a campaign of deliberate misinformation for revenue-generation.
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Repeat that: the Turnpike had its safest year ever. Better than with a 55-mph or 65-mph limit. Historically Ohio had a safer year than it ever did with with the 35-mph national speed limit and gas rationing of World War II. And than we ever had with the 55-mph speed limit!
The facts are simple:
First, people don’t “always” violate the limit by 10mph. For example, the speed data for South Dakota shows that 15 years after raising the rural speed limit to 75-mph in 1996, the average speed has been at or below the 75 limit… not much different than Ohio Turnpike speeds! http://www.sddot.com/pe/data/Docs/speed2011.pdf
Second, rural interstates are the safest rural roads; just as urban interstates are the safest urban roads. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics/2009/fi30.cfm
Third, EPA ratings show that (with trivial exceptions for certain hybrid vehicles) highway travel is far more fuel efficient than stop-and-go street travel.
SO, WHY is attention and enforcement wasted on long-distance travelers using our fastest, safest, most fuel efficient roads ? IMHO, it’s a campaign of deliberate misinformation for revenue-generation.