Filed under: Government/Legal
If you have a TomTom, the eye in the sky has been watching you and tracking your interstate speeds over the past two years. Don’t worry, TomTom isn’t going nark you out – it’s tracking the data from its Speed Profiles program to help fleet drivers find the fastest routes around the nation. The two years of data collection shows that, overall, Americans tend to drive within the acceptable limits of the law overall, but the average speed of your journey will typically be determined by where you’re driving.
If you want to go really fast, you’re predictably better off in some of the least populated states in the Union. Mississippi has the fastest roads on average, with typical speeds at just over 70 miles per hour, followed by New Mexico. The fastest single interstate is I-15 in Utah and Nevada, with speeds averaging 77.67 mph. That’s pushing the upper limits of the law with a 70 mph speed limit, but luckily for folks out west the top speed hits 80 mph in some areas. But while the west has I-15, the biggest speed winners are in the middle of the country: Mississippi, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Idaho, Alabama and Missouri exceed all exceed an average of 67 mph.
While the country’s midsection has the fastest average speeds, predictably, our more congested cities and states have a far slower pace of traffic. Anyone who has ever driven in Washington D.C. knows that traffic is typically set to crawl, and TomTom’s data shows that the median speed is a pokish 46 mph. Hawaii (53 mph); Delaware (61 mph); Rhode Island (63 mph); and Oregon (63 mph) are the next slowest states. Hit the jump to read over TomTom’s press release, and tell us your favorite interstate for high speed motoring in the post-jump comments.
[Source: TomTom]
Continue reading TomTom data reveals U.S. drivers’ average speed, fastest highway
TomTom data reveals U.S. drivers’ average speed, fastest highway originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Buy This Item: [Click here to buy this item]