In a couple of recent posts, I mentioned estimates that higher speed limits adopted by a number of US states cost 1900 lives between 1996 and 1999, and, presumably, a similar number since then. One of those killed was motorcyclist Randy Scott, run down by Congressmen Bill Janklow, a chronic speeder and advocate of lax speed enforcement.

Today’s NYT runs an Op-Ed piece by Judy Blunt defending the repeal of speed limits. I couldn’t find anything here substantive enough to comment on, but I’m providing the link so readers can make up their own minds.