COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A controversy is brewing between a state lawmaker and law enforcement agency about possibly raising the speed limit on rural interstates.
State Rep. Dan Dodd (D) Hebron is sponsoring a bill that would raise the speed limit from 65 mph to 70 mph on rural interstates.
He says he wants to raise the speed limit because the speed limit for trucks has just been raised to 65 mph and he feels that drivers will feel safer if they can drive faster than trucks.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol is concerned about raising the speed limit.
A spokesperson says OSP has not had enough time to study the effects of raising the truck speed limit. Plus, OSP argues that speed is the number one cause of fatal and injury crashes and that by raising the speed limit, some drivers who speed will go even faster.
Dodd argues that excessive speeding is an enforcement issue. He says he believes there is enough manpower within law enforcement agencies to ticket speeders.
The state highway patrol says it is monitoring the bill to see how much attention it gets before they decide whether or not they will testify against it.
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