New York City will soon be given the authority to lower its speed limit to just 20 mph, down from 25 mph
PARK SLOPE, Brooklyn (PIX11) – The death of a child on a Brooklyn street 12 years ago is bringing change to how New Yorkers drive. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Thursday that Sammy’s Law wil
You could soon see speed limits as low as 20 or even 10 miles an hour on
SPANISH FORK, Utah, April 24, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — The Utah County Sheriff’s Office chased down a speeder 71 mph over the speed limit, prompting a debate of sorts online on such police endeavor. The chase ensued about 3 p.m. as a 22-year-old Lehi man sped past a parked sheriff’s office motorcycle officer who clocked […] The post Driver clocked at 141 mph in Utah County, 71 mph over speed limit first appeared on Gephardt Daily.
Raising speed limits on highways could lead to more crashes on nearby roads, according to new research by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. This “spillover effect” can lead to dangerous clusters of crashes or “hotspots” on local roads within a one-mile radius of the interstate.
The Ontario government says it will soon be raising the speed limit along certain stretches of provincial highways, including Highway 401 and Highway 403. The province confirmed Wednesday that starting this summer, the speed limit will be raised from 100 km/h to 110 km/h on 10 additional sections of provincial highways in both the southern and northern parts of Ontario. While none of the sections are in the Greater Toronto Area, Hwy. 403 from Brantford to Hamilton and from Woodstock to...
(The Center Square) — Georgia officials are paying more than $400,000 to remove 167 variable speed limit signs in metro Atlanta. Georgia transportation officials approved the plan for the signs on Interstate 285 in 2012 and subsequently started introducing them along the interstate's northern portion, according to various media reports from the time. However, reports suggest that the system wasn't activated until about October 2014. At the time, GDOT said the...
The legislation comes a year after a deadly Nashville shooting.
Liu credited coverage by The Post and others for bringing “to our attention a problem that needed to be addressed.”
Some public school teachers in Tennessee could gain new powers to carry concealed guns into the classroom, a year after a deadly school shooting in the state's capital city stirred impassioned debate about the best ways to curb such violence. The Republican-led Legislature in Tennessee gave final approval to the legislation Tuesday, just days after []
Some public school teachers in Tennessee could gain new powers to carry concealed guns into the classroom, a year after a deadly school shooting in the state’s capital city stirred impassioned debate about the best ways to curb such violence. The Republican-led Legislature in Tennessee gave final approval to the legislation Tuesday, just days after […]
Tennessee's governor was expected to sign the bill, which comes a year after a gunman shot and killed six people at a school in Nashville. The vote was followed by protests by opponents at the state capitol. NBC News' Priya Sridhar reports.