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• Position: STATELINE - Speed limits - Brief article

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Six states recently have increased speed limits on some highways, responding to constituents' never-ending desire to go faster. At least another 11 states have considered doing so. Texas now allows drivers on highways specifically designed for speed and safety to reach 85 mph. Utah allows 80 mph. Maine and Ohio now max out at 75 mph, and Kansas and Illinois have upped their limits to 70 mph. In 1995, Congress repealed the national 55 mph limit set during the gas shortage of the 1970s, and turned over...