CASA GRANDE, Ariz. – Fasten your seatbelts, because some of Arizona’s more rural highways may soon ditch their speed limits, as part of proposed legislation up for discussion at the Statehouse this next session.

The Proposed Legislation:
Trust your fellow driver — that’s the message behind Arizona state Rep. Nick Kupper’s proposed legislation regarding speed limits, or a lack thereof, along some rural Arizona highways.
Kupper authored House Bill 2059, called the Reasonable and Prudent Interstate Driving Act, or RAPID Act, which could lift speed limits during the day on qualifying rural interstates, starting with a pilot program along a section of I-8.

Kupper, told FOX 10 in a statement, said he is modeling this off of similar “reasonable and prudent” practices in Montana and Germany.

“Both found that roughly 83% of drivers stayed around 77 mph because that’s where they feel comfortable. Drivers in these zones tend to keep a closer relative speed to each other compared to speed limit zones which is a major factor in why these zones are actually safer.”

Source Fox 10 News Phoenix