Somehow the experiences from the other states isn't good enough, even though some of those states are close neighbors to PA on the west (Ohio) and South (West Virginia, Virginia).
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Remember the US is the land of getting your driver's license from a crackerjack box, everybody drives regardless of ability, and many people behind the wheel do everything EXCEPT driving the car.Every time the limit gets raised by 5 mph in a state (most recently in PA, July 2014, from 65 to 70) there seems to be the need for some "test" to "make sure it's actually safe." In PA the limit was raised to 70 on 3 stretches of rural interstate "as a test" and then the results will be evaluated - even though 37 of the other 49 states had already raised their limits to 70 (or beyond) and have had them there for years.
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And too many slow drivers would get too vocal if limits were raised too fast. These "safety advocates" include groups that stand to benefit from lower limits and tickets - such as the insurance industry and the law enforcement industry. And we're still suffering from the effects of that as limits are being raised gradually.Why are limits only raised gradually in each state instead of figuring out what an appropriate level is and doing it all at once? Politicians are reluctant to introduce bills with large changes because they would have little support in the legislature, as opposed to "a small 5 mph increase." No one wants to vote for a big increase because the "safety advocates" would start campaigning against anyone who stuck their neck out and supported a much higher limit. And there's some controversy behind that, as that's SH130 which is a toll road, and there was some provision in the contract for which the company collecting the tolls paid more money if the speed limit was higher, and the limit was reduced on an alternate highway at about the same time.What would take to get a higher speed limit in a state? Laws are usually made or changed by the legislature in each state, so you'd need the appropriate bill introduced to change the limit, then it has to be brought up for a vote, pass the vote, pass the vote in the second house of the legislature (in every state except Nebraska, which has only one house), and then has to be signed by the governor of the state (or passed with such overwhelming support that the governor cannot veto it).Then once the legislation is in place, traffic engineers would need to evaluate any road where the limit was to be raised and make a recommendation to raise it.Remember back in 1974 the National Maximum Speed Law (NMSL) was enacted limiting speeds to 55 all over the US in a (poor, ineffective, misguided) effort to save fuel because of the oil crisis, and this limit was not lifted until 1995. We have 50 states and only one of them has a limit above 80, and that's only one (short) road, and that was only enacted recently in 2012. Some have maximum speed limits of 65, others are 70, 75, 80, and 85 in Texas (and Hawaii is only 60). The speed limits in the US are set by each state.
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