Among them: enactment of a national speed limit of 65 miles per hour, freight industry participation in an Environmental Protection Agency program to reduce fuel consumption, and a reduction of highway congestion by raising the fuel tax if necessary.
Most notably, it found that drivers in just about every state stay within the speed limit on average, with only Mississippi edging 0.1 miles per hour over the top speed limit of 70 MPH.
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Thousands of vehicles were recorded by volunteers and police in areas with a speed limit of up to 40mph.
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After delivering a verdict of accidental death, Mr Needham recommended that the government "re-visit the issue of the imposition of a national speed limit in the interests of protecting the safety of its road users".
Traffic Wales said the M48 Severn Bridge had reopened one lane in both directions with a speed limit of 50mph.
Ministers have also shied away from imposing a national speed limit of 50mph on rural roads down from the current 60mph for much the same reason.
Robert Lockhart admitted riding his Suzuki Hayabusa, which has a top speed of 190mph, at more than three times the speed limit on the outskirts of Dundee.
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Apparently Option successfully tested an HSDPA card based on a QUALCOMM MSM 6280 chipset to running at the category 6 speed limit of 3.6mbps on Nortel base stations in France.
By limiting the speed limit of its trucks to a maximum 60 miles per hour, the company estimates that it can save 3.75 million gallons of diesel fuel and cut carbon dioxide waste by 83 million pounds per year.
These will be the first U.S. highways to break the 80 mph barrier (Texas and Utah have each tried 80 mph limits) since President Richard Nixon enacted a national speed limit of 55 mph in response to the 1973 oil crisis.
There are clearly big uncertainties about the safe speed limit of the economy, but given the political difficulties in raising interest rates as the November election approaches, the Fed has, at the very least, gambled in leaving rates unchanged this time round.
The London Assembly has demanded a review of the speed limit and want TfL to re-examine how cyclists turn right at either end of the bridge.
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Strengthening of the bridge will also mean that a 5mph speed limit on that section of the track can be increased to 15mph.
Other short term suggestions include the introduction of 20mph speed limit zones and wider cycle lanes.
The absence of a Manx national speed limit is putting lives at risk, according to the Coroner of Inquests.
Members also agreed the impact of the reduced speed limit would be closely monitored and kept under review.
He is in the process of appealing after being found guilty of breaking the speed limit on Coniston.
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Health concerns outweigh any economic benefits of raising the speed limit on motorways, according to an online report in the British Medical Journal.
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The inquest heard that the island's director of highways indicated the decision not to impose a national speed limit was taken "against the advice of the police and officers of the department".
There are still ways of telling when the speed limit has been passed.
But first, it should be said that Thursday's news that physicists have seen subatomic particles called neutrinos exceed the Universe's speed limit is a picture of science still at work.
Conservatives have rightly argued that widespread tax cheating shows that taxes are too high, and widespread violation of the national 55mph speed limit was a sign that the law was too restrictive.
The speed limit on open sections of the road varies between 45 and 65 miles per hour, but drivers routinely travel at 85 miles per hour through the mining lands between the towns of Winkelman and Oracle.
Say we were examining the costs and benefits of a 20 mph national speed limit.
He allegedly drove at 122mph between Panmurefield Village roundabout and East Balgillo roundabout on the outskirts of Dundee, where the speed limit is 40mph.
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Introducing a national speed limit would mean the end of the island's remaining de-restricted routes, including a section of the Mountain Road - part of the TT race circuit.
Introducing a national speed limit would mean the end of the island's remaining derestricted routes, including a section of the Mountain Road between Ramsey Hairpin and Hillberry - part of the TT race circuit.
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Self-employed workers and small businesses will be pleased to learn that they will be able to enjoy the benefits of Ultimate Speed Internet 120, including a 250 GB download and 100 GB upload limit, as of fall 2010.
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Yet at the insistence of state police, the posted speed limit remained at 55, presumably to facilitate ticket writing.
And a 50mph speed limit is in place on much of the M4 in south Wales due to surface spray.
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