For twenty-one years, Americans had to keep their cars at or below 55 mph on most highways because the federal government ...

While the posted speed limit on the Lodge Freeway is officially 55 mph, traffic usually moves much faster. Authorities at the Michigan Department of Transportation say they know drivers tend to speed, ...

James Baxter is president of the National Motorists Association, which lobbies to preserve the rights of drivers. In the fall of 1973, in response to the OPEC oil embargo, President Nixon issued an ...

Gen X and prior demographics may remember when all the speed limits were hard capped to 55 mph. It was back in the 1970s and lasted through to the mid-1990s; no road in the United States had a speed ...

You’re not going to like this one. Here at KickingTires, we know we don’t. Cars are most efficient when driven at a low speed in their top gear. Therefore, changing speed limits on highways to 55 mph ...

After writing a story about plans for variable speed limits on part of I-465, I received a flood of emails and calls. I can sum up the feedback with two sentences: Why would the state lower the speed ...