EFFECTIVENESS OF SPEED LIMITS ON RURAL ROADS AND MOTORWAYS

SPEED LIMITS AND SPEED PATTERNS IN THE UNITED STATES ARE DISCUSSED. USE OF HIGHER SPEEDS MAKES GREATER MOBILITY POSSIBLE, SINCE IT IS TIME THAT IS SIGNIFICANT RATHER THAN DISTANCE. ASPECTS DESCRIBED INCLUDE SPEED VERSUS SAFETY; HIGH SPEED VERSUS ACCIDENT SEVERITY; DECREASING OF HIGH SPEEDS; INCREASING OF LOW SPEEDS; NIGHT SPEED LIMITS; MINIMUM LIMITS; TRUCK SPEEDS; SPEED LIMIT PRACTICES IN STATES, INCLUDING SPEED ZONING; RECENT STUDIES ON SPEED LIMITS. A TABLE OF RURAL SPEED LIMITS FOR ALL STATES IS GIVEN. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 11 Pp, 15 REF
• Authors:
  • Mueller, E A
• Publication Date: 1970

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash severity; High speed ground transportation; High speed vehicles; Mobility; Night; Regulation; Rural highways; Safety; Speed; Speed control; Speed limits; Traffic speed; Trucks
• Old TRIS Terms: Minimum speed
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226073
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 10 1971 12:00AM