The average driver spends 101 minutes on the road each day think of the time that could be saved if the speed limits got raised. Driving on the road for 100 miles at 70 instead of 55 would save you about 25 minutes. Acording to The U.S Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration the average person drives 13,476 miles in a year so traveling at 70 instead of 55 would save you 53 hours in a year
In 1974 the emergency highway energy conservation act set the maximum speed limit to 55 to try to reduce fuel consumption due to the fuel crisis of the 70s.Now we no longer go by that act as you can see by looking hwy 41 but why do other roads still have a speed