Rules of the Road: The adaptation effect, and how it makes us misperceive speed

Driving 35 mph, especially after you’ve been on the freeway, feels slow, while 35 mph on a bicycle feels like a bullet train.
Los Angeles Times

States rethink a long-held practice of setting speed limits based on how fast drivers travel

Rose Hammond pushed authorities for years to lower the 55 mph speed limit on a two-lane road that passes her assisted living community, a church, two schools and a busy park that hosts numerous youth ...
Reader's Digest

These Are the Only 2 Places on Earth Where There’s No Speed Limit

Readers, start your engines! We take you to two places on the planet where you can fulfill your need for speed—though you better be careful. Ever wonder what it would be like to drive really fast ...