Senators float 70 mph speed limit idea

Portland Business Journal:

They can’t drive 55. Or, come to think of it, 65. A pair of Republican Oregon senators want to raise Oregon’s speed limit to, for most vehicles, 75 miles per hour on interstates. Sen. Jason Atkinson, of Central Point, and Hillsboro’s Bruce Starr hope to add the provision to a bill before the Senate’s Business, Transportation and Economic Development Committee. The move would bring Oregon in line with Washington and California, which impose 70 mile-per-hour limits, and Idaho and Nevada, through which drivers can zoom along at a 75 mph...

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