(WSVN) - A California lawmaker is proposing to make parts of two state highways speed limit-free zones.
According to Fox 11, California state Sen. John Moorlach has filed a bill that would eliminate limits on how fast people can drive on newly constructed and specialty lanes of California’s Interstate 5 Freeway and Highway 99.
The two highways connect Northern California to Southern California, and Moorlach said it would be a “viable alternative” to the cancelled high-speed rail project.
Moorlach said the lanes would decrease traffic congestion and as a result, decrease the amount of emissions of greenhouse gases that vehicles produce.
Current California law prevents a driver from going faster than 65 miles an hour.
However, some have said the bill could increase the possibility of some bad accidents.
To read the full bill, click here.
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