speed limit

25th District Republican State Senator Jim Oberweis introduced two bills in late January that would raise the maximum speed limit in both urban and non-urban areas.

A few months after signing a bill that increased the speed limit from 65 mph to 70 mph on rural interstate highways, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has vetoed a separate measure that would have done the same for tollways in the state. In his veto message, the Chicago Tribune reports that Quinn has an explanation for lawmakers: “Recent evidence shows that drivers already travel at excessive speeds on