Speed limit articles
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Spillover speeds: AAA study finds raising speed limits on interstates can increase crash rates on nearby roads
Raising speed limits on highways could lead to more crashes on nearby roads, according to new research by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. This “spillover effect” can lead to dangerous clusters of crashes or “hotspots” on local roads within a one-mile radius of the interstate.
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Speed limits to increase on sections of some Ontario highways
The Ontario government says it will soon be raising the speed limit along certain stretches of provincial highways, including Highway 401 and Highway 403. The province confirmed Wednesday that starting this summer, the speed limit will be raised from 100 km/h to 110 km/h on 10 additional sections of provincial highways in both the southern and northern parts of Ontario. While none of the sections are in the Greater Toronto Area, Hwy. 403 from Brantford to Hamilton and from Woodstock to...
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Georgia eliminating Atlanta's variable speed limit signs
(The Center Square) — Georgia officials are paying more than $400,000 to remove 167 variable speed limit signs in metro Atlanta. Georgia transportation officials approved the plan for the signs on Interstate 285 in 2012 and subsequently started introducing them along the interstate's northern portion, according to various media reports from the time. However, reports suggest that the system wasn't activated until about October 2014. At the time, GDOT said the...