SUGGESTED GUIDELINES FOR ESTABLISHING A NEW MAXIMUM SPEED FOR SPECIFIC U.S. HIGHWAYS

An AD HOC Committee on Possible Future Adjustments of Maximum Speed Law, established by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, met in Falls Church, Virginia, on April 2, 1985, to discuss suggestions for guidelines to be considered in any effort at national or state levels to raise the maximum speed limit. This pamphlet contains the suggested guidelines which resulted from that meeting. Topics covered include the following: defining rural interstate highways for possible adjustments; safety implications of increasing maximum speeds on rural interstate highways; state responsibility for adjusting maximum speed limits; federal government monitoring compliance with adjusted maximum limits; pros and cons of specific increased limits; evaluation studies of any adjusted maximum speeds; and incentives to encourage improved speed performance.

• Corporate Authors:

  AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety

  8111 Gatehouse Road
  Falls Church, VA  United States  22047
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Pagination: 4 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: 55 mph speed limit; Adjustment factors; Brochures; Compliance; Equipment maintenance; Evaluation; Federal government; Guidelines; Incentives; Interstate highways; Monitoring; Rural highways; Speed limits; States; Traffic safety
• Identifier Terms: National Maximum Speed Limit
• Uncontrolled Terms: Equipment adjustment
• Old TRIS Terms: Pamphlets
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00453187
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-039-352
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 28 1986 12:00AM