Results: Speed limits on highways, interstates, toll roads or turnpikes.
Many states have or are in the process of raising their speed limits on highways, interstates, toll roads or turnpikes to 70 or more.
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1.
Do you think this is a good idea? Yes
39%
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476 votes
No
30%
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371 votes
Undecided
24%
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289 votes
Not Applicable
8%
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93 votes
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Many roads like these have different speed limits along different parts of it. I can understand lowering the speed limit when approaching main interchanges where one or several other routes branch off from the main one, but what do you think the reasoning behind different speed limits on non-interchange sections of the route are for? To break up the monotony.
15%
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183 votes
To irritate you.
11%
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135 votes
To establish speed traps for jurisdictions you are traveling through who need the money.
27%
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329 votes
Undecided
35%
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425 votes
N/A
18%
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225 votes
Other (please specify)
2%
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28 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.08% | 1 | |
| other | 0.08% | 1 |
| control traffic | 0.08% | 1 |
| we have several areas like that around here because of dangerous twists and turns in the road and also because of "blind" roads that come up to the rural areas of the highways. | 0.08% | 1 |
| jurisdiction- some parts of roads are monitored/controlled by different people | 0.08% | 1 |
| sometimes, a road design (which is older) does not meet higher speed requirements. | 0.08% | 1 |
| to keep cares from flipping over at certain turns and lowering the chance of danger in limited sight areas. | 0.08% | 1 |
| also depends on road curves etc | 0.08% | 1 |
| to manage traffic flow | 0.08% | 1 |
| to keep you alert | 0.08% | 1 |
| road conditions like curves | 0.08% | 1 |
| based on road conditions | 0.08% | 1 |
| often the slower stretches have worse visibility, more animals, worse for icing up, etc | 0.08% | 1 |
| this can only happen in states that have wide open spaces with long distances between cities. | 0.08% | 1 |
| parts of highways difer in danger. | 0.08% | 1 |
| i choose to believe there is a public safety reason, like a higher rate of accidents occuring in a particular stretch may warrent a lower speed limit there | 0.08% | 1 |
| because our politicians are idiots (most of them) | 0.08% | 1 |
| could be many reasons | 0.08% | 1 |
| road conditions may change, curve in the road, the way the road is banked, | 0.08% | 1 |
| different road conditions, known accidents spot, known hazards | 0.08% | 1 |
| the myth of control [very obviously] | 0.08% | 1 |
| safety concerns | 0.08% | 1 |
| for safety reasons | 0.08% | 1 |
| sharp curves, etc | 0.08% | 1 |
| to lower the speed for safety reasons | 0.08% | 1 |
| dangerous or curvy roads | 0.08% | 1 |
| speed limits are affected by nearby buildings and geographical things such as blind hills or curves in the road. | 0.08% | 1 |
| maybe an area is known for deer or animal crossing | 0.08% | 1 |
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