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Charleston to Kentucky state line
U. S. 340 and Charles Town Bypass: from 55 to 60 on 4-lane
segments
U. S. 460: from 55 to 65 from I-77 to Virginia state line at Glyn
Lyn, Virginia
* Last year, Senator Randy Schoonover (D-Greenbrier) introduced SB
253, which would have raised the speed limit to 70 on all rural
interstates and 65 on all other divided and interstate highways
* Governor Cecil Underwood has not stated his opinion on the speed
limit issue. There is a link to e-mail him if you will follow the
link on his name.
* See the Raise West Virginia's Speed Limits! page for more info and
to help get the limit raised in 1997.
* State DOT Site: http://www.state.wv.us/wvdot/wvtrans.htm
* Directory of West Virginia Legislators and Some Other Officials
* State of West Virginia (No Leg. Info Yet)
Wisconsin (5/16/96)
* Had a Pre-NMSL Speed Limit of 70
* Adopted the 65 mph speed limit on July 17, 1987
* Legislative action is required to raise the speed limit.
* Governor Thompson signed a bill allowing 65 mph speed limits to be
posted on certain limited-access roads, both two-lane and
four-lane. WI DOT has been surveying the state's roads since
December of 1995 so the changes should be made soon.
Some of the affected roads are: US 151, I-94, I-43, I-90, US 12,
US 41, US 16.
* State DOT Site: http://www.dot.state.wi.us/
* Wisconsin State Legislature (Bill Text and Status)
Wyoming (5/22/96)
* Had a Pre-NMSL Speed Limit of 75
* Adopted the 65 mph speed limit on May 19, 1987
* Went to 75 mph on most interstates on December 8, 1995.
* The speed limits on Interstate 25 through Cheyenne and Casper is
60 mph. All other Interstate speed limits are 75 mph. (There are
no other urban areas by NMSL standards) MOST other two-lane roads
are 65, but there are several exceptions; urban areas, mountains,
canyons etc. Non-Interstate divided highways are 65 or lower.
* Wyoming Legislative Services Office (Bill Text, Current Law)
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5) SUMMARY SUMMARY
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Daytime Interstate Speed Limit:
# Of States | 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 None
----------------------------------------------------
Pre-NMSL 0 4 5 29 10 0 0 2
Post-NMSL 3 0 20 16 10 0 0 1
Prevailing Speed:
| 60 65 70 75 None
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Pre-NMSL (1) | 65-70 66-69 71-76 72-76 76-77
See a pattern here? Note how the pre-NMSL speed limits generally
equaled the speed of traffic. Also notice how when there was NO speed
limit traffic didn't go above 80. Something that will hopefully
comeback once the NMSL is repealed. Notice also how only 10 states
had speed limits of 65 or less.
(1) Estimated speed. They didn't use the the 85th percentile rule
(prevailing speed) back them. Source: "Pre NMSL data" {pre-NMSL}
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6) ORIGINAL SUMMARY CHART
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A ? by a field means that I or the provider is unsure of it.
A \ on the dates means I or the provider is unsure of the exact date.
A ~ After the New Speed Limits means I or the provider is unsure what type
of roads it will apply for.
A ' After a Speed Limits means the special limit applies for all classes of
roads.
A * After a Speed Limits means "kind of", see the Detailed List for more
info (by cliking on the state's name).
A Speed Limit in "()" means that it is being considered
A Speed Limit in "()?" means that there is a chance of it happening but
its not likely.
A Speed Limit in "[]" means that the new limit has yet to go into effect.
A date for the post-NMSL limits means that it is a done deal. No date means
I am unsure.
A %% Means the 85th percentile rule
A 00 Means a Reasonable & Prudent Speed Limit
A SD = See Detailed list (click on the states's name)
Any name in {} is a filename at my site (http://sunsite.unc.edu/rdu/)
add .txt or .html.
A "Study" means a study is underway
A "Pos leg" means legislative action is possible or it is being considered
A "Pos" means the state is considering increases
For a detailed breakdown of any state click on its name.
/--Action(s) required to raise speed limits
|
| /--What the new limits will be now that mandate is gone
| | (Rural Freeways/Divided/UnDivided//Urban Freeways)
| |
| | /--What the old interstate daytime speed limits
| | | were before the mandate.
| | |
| | | /--Date the New Limit goes into effect/
| | | | Truck Weight
| | | | /--Date the 65 went into effect
| | | | |
State |a|Post-NMSL |Pre-55|Change |65 When| Notes
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Alabama |g| 70/65//65 | 70 | 96/05 | 87/07 |
Alaska |d| | 70 | | 88/01 |
Arizona | | 75 | 75 | 95/12 | 87/04 |
| |(--/65/65//65) | | | |
Arkansas |h| 70 | 75 | 96/08 | 87/04 |
| | 65t | | | |
California | | 70/65/55//65 | 70 | 96/01 | 87/05 | Anti Speed Trap (SD)
| | --/--/65* | | | |
| | 55'c | | | |
Colorado |l| 75/65/65 | 70 | 96/05 | 87/04 |
| |(55't) | | | |
Conn. |T|(60) | 60 | | NOT! | 2 Lane Limit: 50
Delaware |D| 65 | 60 | 96/01 | N ELG | 2 Lane Limit: 50
Florida |D| 70/65 | 70 | 96/04 | 87/04 |
Georgia |l| 70/65//65 | 70 | 96/07 | 88/02 |
Hawaii |l| | 70 | | NOT! | 2 Lane Limit: 45
Idaho |l| 75/65/65 | 70 | 96/05 | 87/05 |
Illinois |D| --/65/55 | 70 | 95\12 | 87/04 |
| | --/--/--//65* | | | |
| | 55't | | | |
Indiana |D| 65 | 70 | | 87/06 |
Iowa |l| //65* | 75 | 96/03 | 87/05 |
Kansas | | 70/70/65 | 75 | 96/03 | 87/05 | Was 80 on Turnpike (SD)
Kentucky |l| | 70 | | 87/06 |
Louisiana |h| 70/65//60 | 70 | 97/07 | 87/04 |
Maine |D| | 70 | | 87/06 |
Mass. |l| 65/65//65 | 65 | 96/01 | 92/01 |
Maryland |l| //60* | 70 | 06/07 | 95/07 |
Michigan |l| 70//65 | 70 | 97/01 | 87/11 |
| | 55't | | | |
| |(70//65t)? | | | |
Minnesota |t| 70/65//65 | 65 | 97/06 | 87/06 |
Miss. |t| 70/--/--//60 | 70 | 96/03 | 87/04 |
| |[--/70/65] | | | |
Missouri | | 70/70/60//60 | 70 | 96/03 | 87/05 |
Montana | | 00/00/00d | None*| 95/12 | 87/04 | $5 Ticket (SD)
| | 65/55/55n | | | |
| | 65/60/60t | | 8000 | |
Nebraska | | 75/65/60 | 75 | 96/06 | 87/04 |
Nevada | | 75/70/70//65 | None | 95/12 | 87/04 | Resisted 55 (SD)
N. Hamp. |g| | 70 | | 87/04 |
New Jersey |a|(65)? | 60* | | NOT! | 2 Lane Limit: 50
New Mexico |h| 75/70/65 | 70 | 96\02 | 87/04 |
New York |l| //65* | 65 | 96/07 | 95/08 |
N Carolina |D| 70//65 | 70 | 96/08 | 87/08 |
N Dakota |D| 70/65/65d | 75 | 96/07 | 87/04 |
| | 70/55/55n | | | |
Ohio |l| --/65//65 | 70 | 96\05 | 87/07 |
| | 55't | | 8000 | |
Oklahoma | | 70/70/65//60d | 70 | 95/12 | 87/04 |
| | 70/65/55//60n | | | |
| | 60/60/55//60t | | | |
| | 55/55/55//55y | | | |
| | 65/50~s | | | |
| | 75*d | | | |
| | 75*n | | | |
| |[75/--/65//65] | | | |
Oregon |D| | 75 | | 87/09 |
Penn. |l|(//65) | 65 | | 95/07 |
R. Island |T| 65 | 60 | 96/05 | NOT! | 2 Lane Limit: 50
S Carolina |D| | 70 | | 87/08 |
S Dakota | | 75/65/65 | 75 | 96/04 | 87/04 |
| | 65/55/55t | | | |
Tennessee | | --/65//65 | 75 | 96\07 | 87/05 |
Texas | | 70/70/70d | 70 | 95/12 | 87/05 |
| | 65/65/65n | | | |
| | //70*d | | | |
| | 60/60/60t | | | |
| | 55/55/55y | | | |
| | 50's | | | |
Utah |l| 75/65//65 | 70 | 96/06 | 87/05 |
Vermont |T| | 65 | | 87/04 | 2 Lane Limit: 50
Virginia |l| | 70 | | 88/07 |
Washington |D| 70/--/--//60 | 70 | 96/03 | 87/04 |
| | --/70/65* | | | |
| | 60't | | 10000 | |
W Virginia |h| 70/65//60 | 70 | 97/08 | 87/04 |
Wisconsin |l| | 70 | | 87/06 |
Wyoming | | 75/65/65//60 | 75 | 95/12 | 87/05 |
* For Montana: Daytime only, 55 non-interstate/65 interstate night limit
* For New Jersey: The Atlantic City Expressway was 70 mph and the
southernmost 80 miles the Garden State Parkway was posted at 65.
Actions required to raise speed limits:
a administrative action
d administrative action by state DOT & public safety
D administrative action by state DOT
g administrative action by governor
h administrative action by highway commission/department
l legislative action
t administrative action by transportation commissioners
T administrative action by state traffic commission
Post NMSL Speed Limits:
d daytime speed limit
n night speed limit
c combination vehicles speed limit
t truck speed limit
may include combination vehicles
y truck night speed limit
s school bus speed limit
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7) CREDITS Etc.
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Copyright (c) 1997 by Kevin Atkinson.
A service of the "Reasonable Drivers Unanimous" home page available at
http://sunsite.unc.edu/rdu/.
Special thanks to the National Coalition for the Abolition of Speed Limits
(NCASL) and the National Motorist Association (NMA) for providing a lot of
this info. The NCASL is a newly formed group that advocates the abolition
of all speed limits except in large cities, business districts, and
residential areas. For more information see there web page at
http://www.missouri.edu/~c669885/ncasl.html. The NMA is the only real
drivers rights organization in North America. They are the ones that got
the NMSL repealed in the first place. For more information see there web
page at http://www.motorists.com/ or contact them at 608/849-6000;
nma@motorists.com or 6678 Pertzborn Road, Dane, Wisconsin 53529.
All of the information in this chart comes from offical or semi-offical
sources.
Source for Pre-NMSL speed limits: Federal Highway Administration, 1972
except for NC and NJ.
Sources for the 65 dates:
High Risk States, Table 3
Unknown Risk States, Table 4, States at Risk. AHAS Press Release, Nov13 1995.
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
Unknown source from the insurance company.
Some of the sources for the post-NMSL data:
NCASL
NMA
AAA
"A state-by-state look at speed limits" by the associated press, USA Today
Online
"DOA States" by Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
(http://www.saferoads.org/press/95/strisk/table2.html)
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