Max Speed Limit by State

Wikipedia has a world map for this:

Link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_Speed_Limits.svg

The more unpopulated land a state has, the higher the speed limit, makes sense.

Now do traffic accidents per mile driven per state!

On the east coast, driving 10-15 miles over the speed limit is considered normal. Some people from other parts of the country have informed me this isn't true everywhere.

I’m not sure this is accurate; I’m pretty sure I-87 through the Adirondacks in New York has a speed limit of 70. I-81 north of Syracuse might also.

I was suspicious, so I looked it up. 40 miles of one road in tx is 85mph.

"What this translates to in reality is an average interstate speed limit of 75 mph in both rural and urban areas (though some segments within city limits are 70 mph).

There are several segments of I-10 and I-20 through the state that have max speed limits of 80 mph.

Then, there’s Texas’s claim to speed limit fame – the single stretch of freeway in the country with a speed limit of 85 mph.

It is located on Texas’s State Highway 130 (a toll road) and stretches just over 40 miles from Austin to near San Antonio." https://www.drivinggeeks.com/texas-speed-limits/

In Montana the 'limit' is actually the speed minimum

Driving through Texas is awesome because of the speed limit, but this chart is not accurate. There are several other states with 85 mph speed limits out in no-man's-land.

Everyone drives like 85-90mph in California

I thought Montana didn't have a speed limit? Like a Rocky Mountain Autobahn.

Color scale should be inverted

It's 85 mph in Texas so that the smarter people growing up there can then exit the state as quickly as possible.

The scalr is wrong. Yellow should be lower.

In Atlanta, I've never seen anyone go 70. It's either 90mph or 10 mph.

As a varmoner I'm surprised our max wasn't 60 we typically get as high as 40 and only the interstate gets to 60 and it's 50 as you go through the Burlington area

I can assure you, that while it says 70-75 on the signs in Cali, the speed is generally 80-95 lest one would obstruct traffic. Generally speaking, obstruction of traffic (driving too slow compared to the speed of surrounding motorists in this context) is much more against the law than going slightly over under most circumstances.

Who chopped the head off Maine?

I'll be real, I really like the 55mph county highways compared to the 65mph interstate. At 55mph you're closer to the sweet spot for fuel efficiency (for most vehicles around 45mph is the most fuel efficient speed) so you get noticably better gas milage. The 70mph interstates are generally a bit scary because going 75-80 to keep up with traffic just feels too fast and I can feel how much harder it is to control my vehicle compared to going less than 70, plus the engine works noticably harder against the wind to maintain speed.

I also witnessed a crash where a vehicle was going 80ish in a 55 zone on a beltline. They lost control while passing a vehicle, hit the barrier then careened accross three lanes of traffic pinning another vehicle against the opposite barrier. Nobody died and it appeared everyone was largely uninjured (thanks modern crash safety standards!) but the woman in the pinned vehicle was trapped. Point is, going slower they would not have lost control, or if they did they would not have crashed as badly doing so

Ok, so theres ONE reason to live in Florida.

Of course the least responsible is Texas.