Effect of Increased Speed Limits in the Post-NMSL Era

摘要

The National Highway System (NHS) Designation Act (hereinafter referred to as211u001e'the NHS Act') of 1995 (Public Law (P.L.) 104-59) was signed into law on November 211u001e28, 1995. The NHS Act, among other things, established the National Highway 211u001eSystem and eliminated the Federal mandate for the National Maximum Speed Limit 211u001e(NMSL). In so doing, the NHS Act ended a period of more than 20 years of Federal 211u001einvolvement in the states' establishment of speed limits and ended the 211u001erequirement for state's submission of speed compliance data to the Federal 211u001eHighway Administration (FHWA). Section 347 of the NHS Act required the Secretary 211u001eof Transportation to study the impact of states' actions to raise speed limits 211u001eabove 55/65 MPH and report to the Congress by September 30, 1997. This report 211u001econtains the impacts.