ludes98
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The Arizona State Senate just approved the highest speed limit in the country folks. 80mph for rural highways. The article is here. Arizona has long been a leader in the field, being the first to raise the speed limit from 55mph to 65mph in 1987. In the same session the Senate voted to keep seatbelt infractions as a secondary offense, meaning you can't be pulled over just for not wearing a seatbelt.
I just can't see how raising the speed limit on our highways is going to help. The section they mention between Phoenix and Tucson does suck, but it has nothing to do with the speed limit. The real problem on highways here is the incredible amount of truck traffic, which makes for major slowdowns when they are trying to pass each other but doing far less than the current 75mph speed limit.
I just can't see how raising the speed limit on our highways is going to help. The section they mention between Phoenix and Tucson does suck, but it has nothing to do with the speed limit. The real problem on highways here is the incredible amount of truck traffic, which makes for major slowdowns when they are trying to pass each other but doing far less than the current 75mph speed limit.