Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara, a Democrat from Upstate New York, introduced a bill to increase the speed limit by 5 mph – from 65 to 70 mph – on portions of several major highways. The bill, if approved and signed into law, would bring New York into line with most other states that have a speed limit of 70 mph or higher.
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Angelo Santabarbara (Democrat from New York) introduced an amendment to the bill that now the permissible speed of cars on major highways will be 5 mph higher (will increase from 65 to 70 mph). If this amendment is adopted, then New York will be equal to other states in the speed of movement on major highways. After all, for a long time, most states have had a limit of 70 miles per hour.
According to Angelo Santa Barbara, this is a decision that had to be made to equalize the rules of the road in the American states. Why could the permissible speed be raised to 70 mph? Santa Barbara claims that now the state of the road infrastructure allows you to safely move at a higher speed, as well as avoid possible high traffic.
After the adoption of this bill, only 7 states will remain in the United States, where the limit will reach no more than 65 miles per hour. And there will also be the state of Hawaii, where it is impossible to move at a speed of more than 60 miles per hour. However, the situation in these states will also be considered in the near future.
If we turn to history, the last time the permissible speed on the roads in New York changed was 30 years ago, when it was increased from 55 mph to 65 mph. Now the decision has been supported by state Senator Peter Oberaker. In his opinion, this is a safe solution, confirmed by multiple checks of the condition of the roads.