A three-month study of Ohio highways shows the average driver travels at or near the posted speed limits, which the State Highway Patrol would like to see retained when national speed limits are revoked...
The patrol simultaneously released an analysis of three years of traffic accidents showing a 22 per increase in crashes on interstate "look-alikes" -- noninterstate highways built to interstate standards -- the year after their speed limits were raised to 65 mph from 55-mph...
The speed study also computed the 85th percentile speeds -- the top speed that accommodates 85 percent of drivers -- and noted that the remaining 15 percent were exceeding speed limits by more than 6.8 mph on interstates posted for 65 mph... Sgt. John Born of the patrol said..."we think that 15 percent is the cause of a lot of problems."