Drivers across the nation are speeding ancd contributing to more deaths on the roads. Should the speed limits be raised or lowered?
"Maryland drivers are clocking increasingly higher speeds... The numbers reflect a national trend, say highway safety experts, who point to ever-increasing horsepower in vehicles, an increasingly rushed society and a popular tolerance for speeding as factors in the higher speeds.And the higher speeds, they say, are contributing to more deaths...Highway safety groups urge tougher enforcement [and] also suggest reducing existing speed limits. [Others] say speed limits must reflect reality. They say the answer may be to raise the posted limit on a few roads where drivers are already far exceeding it, and then vigorously enforce the higher limit.
Thanks to C. P. Zilliacus
FULL STORY: Maryland drivers keeping pace with nation's speeders

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