The U.S. trend of raising speed limits has been deadly for many. A new study says higher speed limits have caused 37,000 additional traffic deaths since 1993.
Michigan raised speed limits to 75 on some highways in 2017. Some states have gone further, with speed limits of 80, or in the case of Texas, 85. Charles Farmer is with the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. He says too many people think about the few minutes they're saving by speeding, but not about the risk.
"I’ve been out there on some of those roads where it's 80 miles an hour and I think I’d rather sit there in the right lane and be the slow poke."
Farmer says it may not be possible to lower speed limits, but states should definitely say "enough is enough," and stop raising them.