Congress has raised all orders federal speed limit in November 28, 1995 National law to designate road, Delegating authority fully speed limit states. Several states have returned immediately to existing laws. For example, most Speeding Fines Texas rural limits which were above 55 MPH in 1974 immediately returned to 70 mph (110 kph), causing some legal confusion before the new signs have been reported. Montana returned to non-numerical speed limits on most rural roads, although its parliament has adopted a limit of 75 mph (120 kph) in 1999 (see Montana Section of speed limits in the U.S. for details).
Hawaii was the last state to raise its speed limit above 55 mph when, in response to public outcry after an experiment with cameras on road safety in 2002He raised the maximum speed limit on portions of Interstates H-1 and H-3 to 60 mph.
Despite the repeal of federal control of speed limit, the maximum current speed limits are lower on average than in 1974:
* States with the same speed limit as pre-1974: 251
* States with a speed limit higher than pre-1974: 8
* States with lower limits of speed that pre-1974: 172
1Includes Texas, where in spite of about 75 and 80 limit mph, the same speed limits apply to pre-1974 on the vast majority of rural roads. Includes Virginia where the vast majority of rural highways have a limit of 65 mph
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