UDOT says 80 mph limit slows speeders - Truckers' Trucking Forum

Baack · **^ Top** #1 3 Weeks Ago

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Since the Utah Department of Transportation increased the posted speed limit from 75 mph to 80 mph on two stretches of I-15 in southern Utah, drivers have actually slowed down.
With an 80 mph posted speed limit, people are driving 83 mph to 85 mph, said Carlos Braceras, UDOT deputy director. With a 75 mph posted speed limit, people were driving 81 mph to 85 mph.
The speeds don't reflect an average driver, however, but the behavior of 85 percent of the drivers north of Scipio in Millard County to south of Fillmore.
Utah is the only state besides Texas with 80 mph postings. In Texas, the 80 mph sections are rural, too.
The Utah Legislature passed a law in 2008 that permits speeds over 75 mph in low population areas if UDOT studies traffic engineering and safety and reports its analyses to the Transportation Interim Committee.
On Wednesday, Braceras was doing that, reporting to the committee that drivers were, on the whole, speeding less and that accidents have not increased. UDOT engineers did not expect an increase in accidents, however, based on studies of the two stretches, which both lack extreme curves and mountainous terrain.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7...-speeders.html

blackw900 · **^ Top** #2 3 Weeks Ago

I run these two stretches fairly often and it does seem that people don't get as far out of hand as they do in other places. It's nice to be able to run 80 mph if I need to get there quick...But I like to run about 70 most of the time.

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