What is the best way to get a speed limit law changed? I live in a very small town in Kansas and the speed limit changes from 60 to 20. The 20 mph limit is only about 4 blocks long, how can I try to get the speed limit bumped up, even at least to 30mph.
2007-05-02 10:33:09 · 4 answers · asked by platostime 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
We had the reverse problem in my town (a 2 lane road being classified as a highway, it led to a ton of fatalities) and got the speed limit dropped. Heres how:
1) Figure out if there are schools, hospitals, etc. along the road. If there are, you might be SOL because they will force the lower speed.
2) Get a petition of people who want it raised and present it to the governor (Schwarzenegger converted our road himself) and to the state reps.
Other than that, not alot of ways to do it.
2007-05-02 10:44:14 · answer #1 · answered by Chris 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose if you gain enough support from the community you can petition the owner of the road to change the speed limit. They may need to conduct a speed survey to justify the change. I think they may take the 85th percentile speed (within 5-mph increment) as the limit. It seems so unusual in your the case that the speed limit would drop so drastically from 60 to 20 mph.
2007-05-03 01:10:51 · answer #2 · answered by sweetwater 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
KS clamped down on this practice last year, actually. Most small towns were forced to kick their speed limits up to 30 or 35 -- Baxter Springs sure did, as did Columbus and several others that I travel through fairly often. They can get a waiver from the state if they have a convincing argument for safety but not many were given out from what I've seen. I think Parsons got one for their new downtown section but that's the only one I'm aware of.
If your town isn't in compliance, you may have to contact the State Highway Patrol or your State representative to get this changed.
2007-05-02 19:55:26 · answer #3 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's a state road, the locale dictates the speed limit. You'll have to go to the state transportation department for that. It it's a county road or local/city road, you probably have a safety board or something like it in your town. They can review the ordinance and raise the speed limit.
2007-05-02 17:50:35 · answer #4 · answered by Gemma 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋