Show 20 of Drivers I In III Utah Exceed Speed Limits ts Nearly Nearly one fifth of all passenger cars and pickup trucks clocked at 18 check checkpoints points around the state were found to be exceeding the existing speed limit Surveys conducted re- re recently Gently by the Traffic Engi- Engi Engineering Engineering Division Utah State Stat Department of Highways s indicated that of the cars and trucks carrying Utah plates the posted speed limit The state out motorists were sli slightly higher with nearly 25 of them exceed exceed- exceeding ing the posted speed limits THE MAXIMUM speed at the 18 check points averaged ed miles per hour In a similar check last year the average top speed was miles per hour James Booth Traffic Engi veer neer reported that the De- De Department tries to find the speed below which 85 of the traffic drive on the theory that the top 15 is driving too fast On this percentile figure Utah drivers averaged 63 61 mph and tourists 66 I while the over all average for all traffic was 64 mph The ove overcall fall average lest ast I I year was 62 mph THE percentile per per- percentile centile figure adjustments have been made by the ilie Highway High High- Highway way Department For Instance in- in instance stance a section tion of highway from Saltair to the Salt Lake Airport on US 40 was rais rab ed from 60 mph to 70 mph US 91 from Lehi to the Draper Dra- Dra per Crossroads was raised from 60 mph to 65 mph nod and the speed limit on US east of Magna was WlaS raised from 46 mph to ao 00 mph when it was found that over 85 of the the- motorists were at l higher gher speeds 1 III IIII |