Yes, except that all road signs would have to be paid for by the states,
not by federal highway tax dollars (if I understand the National Highway
System Designation Act of 1995 correctly).
Reducing the speed limit would do nothing except allow more tickets to
be issued. Here in Philadelphia, none of the roads have a higher speed
limit than 90 km/h (55 MPH), yet everyone drives at closer to 120 km/h,
and I've seen people blow past me at over 180. The whole system is
rigged to issue more tickets.
And people wonder why I take trains everywhere whenever possible. ;)
-Mike
Jason Darfus wrote:
I'm starting to hear in the media talk of reducing the nationwide speed
limit to 55 (or 60) mph again.
Heads up -- wouldn't that be a perfect time to switch to metric speed
limit signs?
