faithful_servant
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Some Oregon speed limits will rise March 1
We've been one of the longest holdouts in speed limits in the country and finally joining our neighbors with higher speed limits. The thing is, it's pretty much pointless. The road I drive to work every day is pretty heavily traveled and when the speed limit was 55 MPH, most people drove 65, now that the speed limit has been raised to 65, most people are driving around 65. My theory is that most drivers have a pretty good idea of what the "correct" speed is and generally drive that speed. On Hwy 97, the "correct" speed is around 65 MPH and that's what people drive. On the drive to work this morning, I don't think that I got over 60 for most of the trip.
We've been one of the longest holdouts in speed limits in the country and finally joining our neighbors with higher speed limits. The thing is, it's pretty much pointless. The road I drive to work every day is pretty heavily traveled and when the speed limit was 55 MPH, most people drove 65, now that the speed limit has been raised to 65, most people are driving around 65. My theory is that most drivers have a pretty good idea of what the "correct" speed is and generally drive that speed. On Hwy 97, the "correct" speed is around 65 MPH and that's what people drive. On the drive to work this morning, I don't think that I got over 60 for most of the trip.