Effort to Raise Speed Limit Stalls Amid Strong Opposition From: The Washington Post | Date: September 14, 1989| Author: Stephen C. Fehr | Copyright 1989 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Efforts by some Maryland lawmakers to raise the state's maximum speed limit on rural interstate highways from 55 to 65 miles per hour have run into a roadblock that threatens to put off the issue for at least another year.

Maryland is one of 10 states that have refused to raise the speed limit on rural interstates since Congress gave states that option in April 1987.

Maryland's General Assembly first considered increasing the speed limit in January, but a bill was defeated by ...