There is a pretty good study that showed what happened when some states increased their speed limits in the seventies and eighties. In general fatalities increased although it varied a lot depending on the state. Cite: The effects of the new 65 mile-per-hour speed limit on rural highway fatalities: A state-by-state analysis.
Garber, S | Graham, JD
Accident Analysis & Prevention [ACCID. ANAL. PREV.]. Vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 137-149. 1990.
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There is a pretty good study that showed what happened when some states increased their speed limits in the seventies and eighties. In general fatalities increased although it varied a lot depending on the state. Cite: The effects of the new 65 mile-per-hour speed limit on rural highway fatalities: A state-by-state analysis. Garber, S | Graham, JD Accident Analysis & Prevention [ACCID. ANAL. PREV.]. Vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 137-149. 1990.