Americans Staying Within the Speed Limit, Study Finds

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In a surprise to this lead-footed writer, a study by GPS device maker TomTom found that on the whole, Americans are fairly reasonable drivers. Most drivers in the United States stay within posted speed limits on interstate highways, and even on the fastest roads, drivers averaged only a few miles per hour over the speed limit.

The study, which gathered hundreds of billions of anonymous data points from TomTom’s GPS transceivers, found that the fastest road in the country was Interstate 15 running through Utah and Nevada. Average speeds reached 77.67 mph on a road where sections have posted speed limits of 80 mph. The slowest interstate in the country is through Washington, D.C., where drivers average 43 mph (although having driven through there, this sounds like warp speed).

Mississippi has the fastest drivers, averaging just over 70 mph, with New Mexico, Idaho, Utah and Alabama rounding out the top five.

Speeding in America? Nah (Wheels)