Speed Limit 65

Everyone has been there; you are driving down a four lane interstate highway miles from the nearest community, where you could easily cruise at speeds of seventy-five or even eighty miles per hour, which you feel is reasonable. But you are unable to do this because the speed limit is only sixty-five or maybe even fifty-five and you are afraid of receiving a ticket. The same situation occurs on two-lane semi residential roads where the speed limit is only twenty-five or thirty-five miles per hour. In both situations some drivers agree to obey the speed limit, while others consistently drive at comfortable speeds for them, which usually results in going ten to twenty miles per hour over the posted speed limit. Let's face it, most of us don't want to be bothered by constantly checking and regulating our speed, and also by obeying speed limits which are unreasonably low when we have places to go, and need to get there.

The question that needs to be posed is: "How can we properly adjust the speed limits?" It should definitely be a question answered by the individual states themselves. The roadways in different states are so diverse. Some have miles and miles of straight and le

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Approximate Word count = 1861
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)