Is 85MPH The Safest Speed Limit?

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

I buy it, but saying that a higher speed limit is somehow safer is ridiculous... maybe it's not proportionately less safe, but going faster can never possibly be more safe.

The higher speed itself isn't more safe..........It's the belief that it would reduce the differential of speed between the slowest & fastest drivers.