In 2022, 29 percent of all traffic fatalities in the U.S were speeding related. In 2023, an estimated 106 people died in traffic crash crashes in North Dakota. Speeding is a major factor leading to traffic fatalities, contributing to 28 percent of traffic fatalities in the state in 2022. Ahead of a hearing today in the North Dakota Legislative Assembly’s House Transportation Committee, Advocates has sent a letter outlining opposition to House Bill 1298. This legislation will permit an increase in speed limits to 80 miles per hour (mph) on access-controlled, paved and divided, multilane interstate highways across North Dakota, endangering state residents as well as visitors. Read the full letter here.