Smaller, Selective Speed Limit Hike Proves Safer (213)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee’s caution in raising interstate speed limits is paying off, a University of Tennessee transportation specialist said Tuesday. Dr. Steve Richards said state traffic deaths dropped 48 to 1,191 in 1997 — the second straight annual decline — despite the interstate speed limit rising in 1995 from 55 to 65 miles an