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Maine’s Legislature has passed a bill that would authorize the state’s Transportation Department to raise the speed limit to 75 mph on any highway — higher than the 65 mph maximum limit in most of the state — as long as the department concludes that it is a safe speed.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) signed a two-year, $7.6 billion transportation measure into law that will raise the top speed limit on the state’s interstate highways to 70 mph, news reports said.

American Trucking Associations called for more action last week from state and federal government officials on the group’s proposals to increase trucking and highway safety, including a national speed limit of 65 mph for all vehicles and a study into possible graduated licensing for commercial driver licenses.

The new Texas toll road that has the nation’s fastest speed limit — 85 mph — is rarely used by trucks because it is expensive and has little to offer, carriers said.

The first highway in the country to boast a speed limit of 85 miles an hour for cars and trucks opened last week in Texas.

Texas is posting thousands of new signs to remind drivers of the state’s “Left Lane for Passing Only” laws on highways with 75 mile-an-hour or higher speed limits, the Associated Press reported.

Two sections of Interstate 15 in southern Utah will remain 80-mph zones permanently, the Associated Press reported, citing state officials.

In a brazen display of recklessness, and with utter disregard for the safety implications of its decision, Texas has decided to let its private “partner” on a section of State Highway 130, also called Pickle Parkway, post an 85-mile-per-hour speed limit, the highest in the country, when it opens.

American Trucking Associations has urged Texas to reverse its decision set a speed limit of 85 miles an hour — the fastest in the nation — for cars and trucks on a soon-to-open portion of a toll road between Austin and San Antonio.

American Trucking Associations is urging Texas to reverse its decision to allow cars and trucks to travel up to 85 mph on a soon-to-open toll road between Austin and San Antonio.