Speed Limits Speeding News Today

Sandra Doorley, the district attorney of Monroe County, N.Y., refused to pull over and responded angrily to the officer who confronted her, body camera footage showed. Now she faces calls to resign.

Bologna has become the first major Italian city to impose the limit on most streets, citing safety and livability. But it’s too slow for some: “A city has to move,” one cabby complained.

After decades of declining fatality rates, dangerous driving has surged again.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation that will allow San Francisco, Los Angeles and four other cities to use speed cameras to increase pedestrian safety.

Cities are forced to confront century-old suburban sprawl that was first and foremost designed to keep cars moving rather than people safe.

Vision Zero, the initiative to eliminate traffic fatalities, seems to have stalled, if the reoccurring tragedies on a single Brooklyn avenue are any proof.

Ulysses S. Grant, who had an eye for spirited horses and an apparent yen to test their mettle, was arrested in 1872 for speeding on a street in Washington.

Ulysses S. Grant, who had an eye for spirited horses and an apparent yen to test their mettle, was arrested in 1872 for speeding on a street in Washington.

Sponsor cites better cars, better roads — and drivers accustomed to zipping along. But the data suggests raising the speed limit has fatal consequences.

Missy Cummings, who spent more than a year at the federal auto safety agency, said that drivers were putting too much trust in systems like Tesla’s Autopilot and that regulators needed to restrict their use.