WI may see higher speed limit, Illinois raising theirs

Is a conspiracy.

 

There doing it to make the outlaws/super truckers mad!

 

Not gonna matter before too long--we are all gonna be running less than 70 Hate to admit it BUT BOTH EOBR& Speed Limiters are just around the corner--I'd love to be wrong--but every part of me is convinced im right:'(

 

"where there's is a will, there's a way

i aint scared of no eorb or no speed limiters

 

Speed limit hike

The bill on speed limits passed the Assembly 63-32.

Eight Democrats joined 55 Republicans in voting for the measure. Two Republicans — Reps. Garey Bies of Sister Bay and John Spiros of Marshfield — joined the remaining 24 Democrats in opposing it.

Assembly Republicans said hiking the speed limit would save time for commuters and tourists and put Wisconsin in line with three dozen other states that allow people to drive 70 mph or faster. Illinois in August raised its speed limit, meaning all of Wisconsin's neighbors allow drivers to go 70 mph on some of their roads.

"We are an island all the way from Oregon to Pennsylvania," said Rep. Paul Tittl (R-Manitowoc), the bill's author.

He also noted that when the national freeway system was first established, the maximum speed limit was 70. Since then, vehicles have become much safer.

He said drivers were already going 70 mph and his plan would make roads safer because most vehicles would now be going the same speed. But critics were skeptical and said lawmakers ought to hear more from traffic engineers, law enforcement and insurers.

"I don't know how this makes anything safer on the roads," said Rep. Josh Zepnick (D-Milwaukee). "I think it's just a misplaced priority. Now you're just going to push the thresholds a little higher."

Rep. Fred Clark (D-Baraboo) reminded lawmakers they received an email from Green Bay-based Schneider International before Tuesday's debate opposing raising speed limits.

"As speed limits rise, so do death tolls on our highways," said the email from Thomas E. Vandenberg, senior assistant general counsel for the trucking company.

Repeated studies have shown that raising the speed limit leads to more dangerous crashes and more deaths, according to the Insurance Institute on Highway Safety.

Schneider is also concerned about fuel efficiency. Increasing the speed limit from 65 to 70 will reduce fuel efficiency by an estimated by 9%, Vandenberg wrote.

The measure would also require the DOT to study the pros and cons of raising the speed limit on other highways. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) said that study would include reviewing whether to allow cars to go 70 mph but still require semitrailers to go 65 mph.

Republicans who control the Senate have not committed to going along with the Assembly, but Vos said he was optimistic the measure could draw their support.

 

And 30, couldn't believe my eyes