Officers say: 35mph means 35mph
State Police say, “There’s no confusion. The signs are there that say 35 miles per hour.” But with signs saying 55 miles per hour in one direction and 35 mph in the other, motorists say it’s easy to get confused.
Most drivers break speed limit
More than half of drivers admit speeding but only 16% have been convicted of the offense in the last five years, it has been revealed.
Speed limit ‘could be raised without safety issues’
The speed limit for motorways in the UK could go up without causing an increased risk to drivers, it has been claimed. According to the Association of British Drivers (ABD), authorities should not consider speeding to be a major factor in road collisions.
Slower I-35 part of deal on toll road
The privatization contract for Texas 130 from Austin to Seguin, cutting a parallel path east of I-35, was quietly signed in March amid a legislative furor over whether to freeze such agreements. It includes a controversial clause that penalizes the state for widening or building competing roads.
Unsafe at low speed
Some of the sidestreets you drive on, and the city streets you travel, have unsafe speed limits. They may be too low.
Rush hour speed limits lowered on UK motorway network
The British Department of Transportation believes that “active traffic management” - in which the speed limit varies according to the conditions - will be a cheaper way of accommodating rising traffic levels than widening motorways. Unfortunately, they are lowering the speed limit to 40mph, despite that a government survey showed that over half of drivers exceeded the 70mph speed limit.
