Speed limits need to be raised, there is not much else to say about it. A higher speed limit would lessen time spent driving places, and increase the flow of traffic tremendously. Crash rates would go down due to people not having to worry about disobeying the law. Roads would be smoother, for reason that cars traveling at higher rates of speed require safer and smoother surfaces for safer travel. And with safer travel we will have faster travel In the article, “Raise the Speed Limit” the author speaks about a certain highway in Texas that has the highest marked speed limit in the entire country. The road is marked at 85 miles per hour, which saves a total of nine minutes in between the two governing towns that are trying to stay relevant and up to speed with the quickly increasing wave of urbanization. To add, crash rates have been decreasing substantially since 2011, which is big considering it is the lowest since 1949. With increasing speed limits and increasing technology within cars, there will be increasing opportunities for critics to say that raising speed limits will raise death rates. In “Higher Speed Limits May Save Lives”, the author addresses that statistics show, more than half of highway crashes are not caused by speed that is …show more content…
With higher speeds come higher chances of an accident if say a computer fails on board the vehicle. Higher speed limits have their ups and downs, but there are only good things that can come from higher speed limits. Safer and more efficient traffic flow, along with a smoother road and cut times on trips to work, vacation, etc. . With a raised speed limit, statistics given have shown that there are opportunities to cut your daily commute to work in practically half. A person's average half hour to 45 minute drive to work could easily turn into a twenty minute or less, saving gas and