Uncle Buck wrote:
>
> Are you reading what you quoted? It says that the long-term decreases
> continued, not that there was no further drop. I.e., they continued
> to drop even when speed limits remained the same.

Go to this website and you'll see what he means. We had the huge drop
in 74 when the speed limit was lowered and then the death totals stayed
constant the two following years while the SL also stayed constant.
That says the big drop was entirely due to the lowered SL.

http://www.publicpurpose.com/hwy-fatal57+.htm