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- From: lmcstst@noah.ericsson.se (Stamos Stamos)
- Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles,rec.autos.driving
- Subject: U.S. study links safety to higher speed limits
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.141947.22681@exu.ericsson.se>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 14:19:47 GMT
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- An American group called the Foundation for Traffic Safety has released a
- study that suggests highway safety increased in states where the speed limit
- was raised to 65 mph from 55mph. The study contradicts warnings from groups
- such as the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, which earlier predicted
- greater carnage on the roads when American states began raising speed limits
- to 65mph. The 55mph limit was originally enacted as a fuel saving measure during
- the energy crisis of the `70s, but later became enshrined by safety advocates
- who believe that "speed kills."
- Researchers at the University of California studied the years '87 and '88
- after the mandatory 55mph law was lifted by the federal government. Highway
- fatalities declined for the US as a whole during those years, but the rate
- declined fastest in the states that adopted a 65mph speed limit. The researchers
- researchers explain the result by suggesting that the higher limit reduced the
- speed differential between the slowest and fastest users of interstate
- highways, attracted more users on to the relatively safer interstates, and
- also allowed police enforcement that didn't concentrate on speeding.
- All but nine American states have adopted the 65 mph limit on rural
- interstate highways.
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- Stamos <lmcstst@noah.ericsson.se> ZZR11 Ellas
- Ericsson, Cellular Design
- Montreal, Canada.
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