COLUMBUS: An Ohio Senate panel is considering changes that would increase the state’s maximum speed limit from 65 mph to 70 mph on interstate highways outside of urban areas. The Senate Transportation Committee accepted the revisions to the state’s transportation budget on Monday. The panel is expected to vote on it this week. The proposal also would set the maximum speed limit for interstate freeway outerbelts in urban areas at 65 mph and on freeways in congested areas at 55 mph.
So we will be able to drive 73 mph without getting a ticket.....but don't drive 74 or it's wallet time in Ohio!
I generally drive 70-75 now & am passed by many folks going much faster. Guess I'll be able to notch it up to 75-80.
:cornut: We haven't had rural interstate speeds that slow(65mph) since the Nixon 55mph long gas line event. 80mph on IH10 to El Paso and now 85mph on a new toll way North of Austin. Jason
I usually set for 77 by the speedo anyway, which is about 73 according to the GPS. I'm not doing as many long distance trips as I used to either, so it's no biggie.
I think the 55 and 65 limits were very good to Ohio's financial well being, wonder what they'll replace that revenue with?
That's really great for the folks driving clear across the state. For the soccer mom on a 35 mile romp to the next village it makes for a decrease in time by 4 one hundredths of an hour or 2.4 minutes. Woopee. I am forever more amazed by the drivers whose business is more important than anyone else's on the road, go speeding past on our 35 mile drive to 'the big city'. Did a little slide rule gymnastics one evening and a 10 mile an hour increase in speed, considering one 90 degree junction, 3 small towns to navigate and innumerable control lights, the time difference was 27 seconds. It's always fun to pull up beside those idiots at a stop light.