NY state Assemblyman proposes bill for 75 mph max state speed limit

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10/25/2013 at 22:45 • Filed to: speed limits

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http://blogs.buffalonews.com/politics_now/2…

Maine is already at 75 mph. All other New England states are at 65 mph, except for New Hampshire, which is at 70 mph. This also comes after a NJ lawmaker !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .

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75 mph (120 km/h) is also the standard motorway speed limit in many countries around the world (though 130 km/h is common in Europe), including in less developed ones compared to the USA like Brazil, China, India, and !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .

That's right, do you want YOUR STATE to have a lower max speed limit than in those countries? Of course, not! This is AMERICA, DAMMIT!


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Kinja'd!!! dogisbadob > cuts_off_prius
10/25/2013 at 22:50

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Kinja'd!!! Grindintosecond > cuts_off_prius
10/25/2013 at 23:36

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NY will have to invest non-existant money in better roads. I drove a repaved in spring road that was potholling by fall before winter hit. They suck in roadcare. Their i90 toll interstate dhould be 75-80....but that's it.


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10/26/2013 at 00:05

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I was on Wolfram Alpha earlier today and I found that the number of road deaths per capita in the US is a lot higher than in other countries. Of course, the percentage of people who drive in each of these countries is different, so it's not a perfect comparison, but it's a starting point.

US - 14.7 deaths per 100,000 people

Finland (where all drivers must know how to handle a powerslide and getting a license takes 3 years of driver training) - 6.3 deaths per 100,000 people

Germany (select areas have no speed limit) - 6.2 deaths per 100,000 people

Canada - 8.5 deaths per 100,000 people

(Let's ignore the fact that Russia has 25. We've all seen those dashcam videos and we know about their crazy krokodil drug.)