let me tell ya' I live in Central Texas and regularly use I-35, which was the primary highway considerd for the bill. The speed limits were raised to 75 mph at increments of every 4 to 5 miles. By that I mean the minute you pass the sign that says 75 with good eyes you can see the one up ahead that says 65 or 55 and you might even catch a glimpse of the state trooper parked beside it. I personally think its a joke and an inconvience, I was totally for the the bill as it was stated but this "red light, green light" game is very disapointing. Just goes to show the government still can't do anything right. Chevelle out.... At 06:52 PM 3/28/96 -0500, Deven T. Corzine wrote:
At 06:06 PM 3/27/96 -0500, Deven T. Corzine wrote:
Actually, the national government didn't even *pretend* it had jurisdiction here. Instead, they used an indirect approach -- they passed laws which denied some of the existing highway funding to states with higher speed limits than 55 MPH. (Later this limit was raised to 65 MPH, given some additional restrictions such as proximity to population centers.)
At 03:12 AM 3/28/96 -0500, Chevelle wrote:
It was only months ago that they passed a bill raising alot of speed limits to the 75mph range.
To be precise, Congress repealed the laws which had pressured states into the 55/65 MPH speed limits. Once this happened, a number of states either took advantage of it immediately to raise speed limits, or are considering it... Other states don't intend to raise the limits. In Montana, you can now drive at *any* speed legally, in the daytime. So if you want to go 100 MPH, head to Montana... :-)
Deven