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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
The state of Montana used to have reasonable and prudent as the limit. The Feds made the put in a limit. There are many miles of highway that could have a much higher limit. It is not about anything more than revenue.
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There's a little more to the story than that. It seems that the Europeans, mostly namely the Germans, found out about this and would make an excursion to Montana on their US vacation and go speeding around. This led to a lot of accidents, hence setting a speed limit.
When I lived there, the fine for speeding was $5. Written on the ticket - "Waste of a natural resource".
BTW, the "reasonable and prudent" limit was from dawn to dusk only.