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New Mexico lowers speed limits on unmarked country roads [View all]
SANTA FE – Starting today, drivers in New Mexico will have to ease off the gas pedal or risk a ticket when traveling country roads with no posted speed limit.
A law taking effect today reduces the speed limit on unmarked roads across the rural state from 75 mph to 55 mph.
Backers of the legislation said the default speed limit of 75 mph posed a safety hazard on many roads that weren’t engineered for speed.
Those roads can be narrow, unpaved and lined with mailboxes, said Rep. Dennis Roch, R-Logan.
Read more: http://www.abqjournal.com/698846/news/new-mexico-lowers-speed-limits-on-unmarked-county-roads.html
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