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Nearly 80% Of Drivers Oppose 55 MPH National Speed Limit

According a recent US News & World Report poll, there is strong opposition to any law that would mandate a 55 MPH national speed limit. Fuel savings is the main argument used by the supporters of a return to a national ...

Watch Your Wallet When Driving Through These 10 States

With the first major driving holiday of the summer season approaching, we have analyzed the laws across the country to determine the best and the worst states when it comes to exploiting the motoring public. These state rankings were calculated using ...

Ohio Cashes In On Freeway With Artificially Low Speed Limit

Unfortunately, there are plenty of stories like this one every week: All this week, packs of Columbus-based officers on white motorcycles have been prowling Akron's freeways, handing out tickets faster than a political candidate distributing fliers at a football game. During the ...

A New Way To Set Speed Limits?

Many drivers assume that speed limits are set scientifically using reason and logic, but the reality is that speed limits are highly political. Particularly in smaller towns. According to WDXE News, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee has decided to change some of their speed ...

6 Dumb Traffic Laws That Should Be Repealed

By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Just because it's "the law" doesn't mean it's right -- or even sensible -- when it comes to traffic law, anyhow. While we may have no choice but to obey -- or risk a ticket -- that ...

A "Reasonable And Prudent" Approach To Speed Limits

By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist "Speeding" is one of those things that's very much in the eye of the beholder -- and the letter of the law. There is the ...

Ford’s MyKey System: The Rise Of The Mom Culture

By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Yesterday's tyrannies came to us in the name of the people - or the race or the nation. We may get ours in the name of the children. At least, when it comes to our cars ...

How To Objectively Identify Unsafe Drivers

By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist For years I have been arguing that the most objective -- and perhaps, definitive -- measure of a driver's ability to drive safely is whether he or she has been involved in an at-fault accident. Speeding tickets, ...

Satellite-Enforced Speed Limits: A Glimpse Of Our Future?

The United Kingdom has always been at the forefront of the enforcement technology craze. Unfortunately, programs that are implemented there -- extensive camera enforcement for example -- often end up in the United States years later. That's what makes this story ...

The Effect Of Speed Limits On Actual Travel Speeds

By Jim Walker, NMA Michigan Member I have worked closely with the Michigan State Police for several years in their pursuit of correcting as many Michigan posted speed limits to the correct 85th percentile speed level as possible. Yes, we have ...