HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — There may be some relief coming for drivers who can’t keep below the 65 mph speed limit.
Democratic Rep. Minnie Gonzalez of Hartford on Monday called for increasing Connecticut’s maximum speed limit on state highways to 75 mph, saying the current limit is “a joke” and is being ignored.
She told members of the General Assembly’s Transportation Committee that statistics she has found show the number of accidents decrease with the higher speed limit.
But some committee members raised safety concerns and said those statistics might apply to larger, less populated states like North Dakota.
In 1998, Connecticut became the last state in the continental U.S. to increase the maximum speed limit from 55 mph to 65 mph.
Gonzalez also wants to increase fines for speeding violations by 15 percent.
Lol why so instead of them doing 95 they will now do 105?
no kidding, that’s why there are so many accidents in ct. If you travel the highway, its always backed up somewhere…. they fly by you now, like your standing still, slow down, not speed up lol
How stupid! Increase the speed limit=increasing the death toll in accidents!
Maybe on certain parts of ct highways like rural rt2 but 91 forget it too congested not enough reaction time to avoid something at that speed or even faster
I-95 North of Bangor, Maine is 75 mph.
All this is going to do is allow people who already dont obey speed limits to go even faster and like others are saying probably kill or injure more people! Why fix something thats not broken!