speed limits
Michigan to begin increasing speed limits on 1,500 miles of highway
The Michigan DOT, along with Michigan State Police, found 900 miles of non-freeway state highways to increase the speed limit for trucks to 55 miles per hour, and 600 miles of interstate highways to 65 miles per hour for trucks.
Read MoreNorth Dakota contemplating 80-mph speed limit
How fast is fast enough? Revisiting the question in light of a potential boost in speed limits to 80 mph in North Dakota, and more on Trump's two-for-one out/in regulatory order ...
Read MoreMailbag: One operator’s ‘hairy’ trip speed-limited at 65, more views on limiter mandate proposal
In response to recent polling, the largest share of reader respondents object to any speed limiter mandate. A larger share of responses considered together, though, favor speed settings well above the speeds the DOT analyzed within the proposed rule's text. More voices on the proposed mandate in this podcast.
Read MoreTexas Trucking Association president calls for speed limit reduction
And readers sound off on speed in the wake of South Dakota's early-April introduction of an 80-mph top speed limit.
Read MoreIt’s the little things, like Google
Not rocket science: Allow small things to go faster than large things... they'll explode into stardust when they hit the large things.
Read MoreBill introduced in Missouri would boost state top speed limit
Bill H.B. 295 was introduced by Rep. Mike Kelley in the Missouri state house to boost the maximum speed limit possible within the state's borders from 70 to 75 miles per hour.
Read MoreATA asks Texas to reconsider 85 mph highway
The American Trucking Associations is urging the Texas Transportation Commission to reverse its decision to allow vehicles to travel 85 miles per hour on a privately-managed stretch of State Highway 130.
Read More85 mph speed limit on the horizon?
Two weeks ago, Texas Department of Transportation officials told media sources of a feasibility study to consider an 85 mph speed limit on State Highway 130.
Read MoreThe Denton, Texas, museum we did not visit
Expediters can be called to work on a moment's notice. Tourist plans today got scrapped when that happened to us.
Read MoreKansas speed limit rises to 75
Beginning July 1, speed limits on divided four-lane highways in Kansas will increase to 75 mph from 70.
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