DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A Senate panel has approved a bill that could increase the speed limit on some Iowa highways to 75 mph. Members of a transportation subcommittee approved the bill Wednesday. It now heads to a full committee for consideration. The bill would allow the state Department of Transportation to increase the speed…
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rg9rts February 26th, 2015 at 10:10
Most people can’t drive the speed limit now…
Carla Akins February 26th, 2015 at 10:14
Sure they can, just not well.
rg9rts February 26th, 2015 at 10:22
I get a real kick out of watching the below the Mason Dixon line drivers give lessons in driving bumper cars
Carla Akins February 26th, 2015 at 10:31
I am very frustrated with Midwest drivers that should know better. Last week it started snowing mid-afternoon (we got less than 1 inch) no ice and it took me 40 minutes to drive 9 miles down I70.
Most of it caused by an over-cautious driver traveling in the center or left lane (yes, 3 available lanes) at 25 miles an hour. Meanwhile, some jackass in an SUV trying to pass on the right, or worse yet – on the shoulder to get around them. Oy!
rg9rts February 26th, 2015 at 11:03
They drove pretty well when I was in Omaha
Carla Akins February 26th, 2015 at 12:04
I wish I could say the same for here. I would say that I don’t recall it being this bad 20 years ago – but that just makes me sound old. ;-)
rg9rts February 26th, 2015 at 13:59
It was more than 20 years ago…LOL
William February 26th, 2015 at 10:13
Here in the great State of Maine and north of the shining star of New England we call Bangor, interstate 95 is already 75mph. I’ve gone along for an hour or better at night not seeing another car. Moose collisions are a far greater risk. ..Oh, and for those of you who just read and/or pronounced Bangor wrong, please pay attention.
http://youtu.be/K_q9hAAIS-c
rg9rts February 26th, 2015 at 10:23
Didn’t you just have the 30+ car pile up yesterday?
William February 26th, 2015 at 10:35
We prefer to call it “expeditious interstate parking solutions”.
rg9rts February 26th, 2015 at 11:02
It was a mess…quite a few hurt too…made the news in New York
William February 26th, 2015 at 11:13
Made the news in Vegas I hear.
arc99 February 26th, 2015 at 10:15
The faster you drive, the worse your gas mileage.
America, will we ever learn? We are like children who think the world will magically give us everything we want for as long as we want.
And don’t give me this business about how it is none of my business how fast someone else drives. If other peoples’ increased consumption of gasoline contributes to the price I pay at the pump, then it is my business.
If their reckless high speed driving causes an accident which backs up traffic and delays my arrival at my destination, then it is my business.
No one needs to drive 75mph. Most are unable to do so safely.
rg9rts February 26th, 2015 at 10:23
Except in Texas where we rely on Darwin to do his work
rg9rts February 26th, 2015 at 10:27
As I recall….on I 80 they had magic signs in Iowa…they said 75 in sunlight and dropped to 65 in headlights
Warman1138 February 26th, 2015 at 10:55
Another reason for mass transit, it’s safer.
J. Jones February 26th, 2015 at 12:23
Sounds good if the highways can handle the speed.
Dwendt44 February 26th, 2015 at 13:10
the Interstate system is supposedly rated safe for 90 mph.The drivers, not so much.
J. Jones February 26th, 2015 at 13:35
The unsafe drivers on the interstates, however, are unsafe regardless of the speed limit. I don’t know about 90 mph, but I don’t have any problem going 75 mph on a good road.
Dwendt44 February 27th, 2015 at 00:12
IIRC, the system was designed for up to 90 mph, obviously not the urban stretches or local loops. That was back in the late 50’s. The cars and trucks today are much safer today in addition.
J. Jones February 27th, 2015 at 12:50
Some states haven’t kept up the interstate system to design specs. Still, I wouldn’t have a problem doing 75-80 mph on most of them.
fancypants February 26th, 2015 at 23:41
I can remember when the state of Montana had no speed limit during the daylight hours in the mid 1990s
* I took advantage of this as I knew it wouldn’t last
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In the late 90’s Montana had no speed limit during daytime hours. The law was that drivers were allowed to drive at speeds considered “reasonable and prudent.” Supporters of Montana not having a speed limit say the fatality rate on Montana highways in the final five months without a speed limit were lower than after speed limits were reinstated. Why? Some of that could be linked to drivers on roads with no speed limits pay greater attention to what’s happening on the road and spend less time worrying about speed traps and staying within a certain speed limit.