Hi 22° | Lo 10°  Letter: 75 mph? Why not 85?  Does anyone else
find it, at best, a frivolous initiative to raise the New
Hampshire highway speed limits? Why bother?  Sen. Andy Sanborn
has said that because people travel 70 mph anyway, the limits
should be raised from 65 to 75 mph. I guess he avoids
Interstates 93 and 89. Drivers who actually do drive 70 mph are
in a minority and often left in the dust by far more drivers
going 80-85 mph without getting pulled over. Maybe he should
really shoot for an 85 mph limit because so many already drive
80 mph.  Sanborn also claims that vehicles are built safer. They
may come with more air bags, but safer?  A vehicle is only as
safe as its operator. With cell phone use and texting, I don’t
exactly recognize a trend in the overall population of drivers
getting any smarter or more responsible. Aren’t the supporters
of this bill the teeny-weeniest bit concerned about fossil fuel
dependence, or is it just the other 49 states?  If your vehicle
doesn’t get good mileage and yo