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SPEED LIMIT DEBATE * USA - States with uniform 65 mph speed limit have lower fatality rates than Illinois
USA -The Trucker News Services -8 Oct 2007: -- As the Illinois House prepares to debate a motion to override the governor’s veto of legislation to adopt a uniform speed limit on Illinois rural interstate highways, USDOT statistics show that those states that have adopted a uniform 65 mph speed limit have had a lower fatality rate over the last 10 years than Illinois, according to a Mid-West Truckers Assoc. Inc., news release... Forty-two states have a uniform speed limit (60, 65, 70 & 75 mph). Of those, 12 states have a uniform 65 mph speed limit. All 12 states have a lower fatality rate than Illinois on their rural interstate highways... Data was compiled from 10 years of Federal Highway Administration statistics detailing the number of fatalities and the annual vehicle miles traveled on rural interstate highways... (Photo: Several states still have differential speed limits for trucks and cars)* Too fast for trucks
Chicago,Ill,USA -The Chicago Tribune On Line, by Newsdesk -October 9, 2007: -- The Illinois House is considering legislation that would make our roads less safe by increasing the speed limit for trucks from 55 miles per hour to 65 mph. Gov. Blagojevich wisely vetoed this legislation because the statistics are clear: by increasing the speed limit for trucks, the safety of our roads is in jeopardy... With the current lower speed limits for trucks, we have made steady progress in reducing traffic fatalities and truck-related crashes. In 2006, Illinois reported the lowest number of fatalities since 1924, while states that increased truck speed limits are experiencing the opposite. Missouri experienced a 72 percent increase in fatalities caused by large trucks after raising the truck speed limit; Ohio's truck-related crashes rose 40 percent. In Illinois, it has been estimated that the higher speed limit will mean 115 more traffic fatalities... Trucks traveling at 65 mph, rather than 55 mph, take 40 percent longer to stop and have an impact that is 40 percent more destructive...
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