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 …
Increasing speed limits in states across the country between 1993 and 2013 have led to 33,000 fatalities on U.S. roadways, according to new research by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Excessive speed contributes to a tremendous proportion of …
Wisconsin drivers will be able to go faster in their cars, and snag free samples of hard liquor on their way home, under a pair of bills passed with bipartisan support in the Legislature on Tuesday. Both measures are limited …
Illinois transportation officials say they’re adding extra safety precautions to work zones around the state after the speed limit was increased on some rural highways. The (Springfield) State Journal-Register reports motorists are being warned of construction projects with extra signs, …