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Speed Limits in the Upper Cumberland: A Culture of Reason and Freedom
Read more: Speed Limits in the Upper Cumberland: A Culture of Reason and FreedomWhen it comes to speed limits in the Upper Cumberland region of Tennessee, there’s a distinctive approach that sets it apart from many other areas. In most places, speed limits are often seen as the maximum you can drive before getting a ticket. They function more as a guideline for law enforcement than a true safety measure. But in the Upper Cumberland, the story is quite different. Here, speed limits reflect the safest speed you can travel on a given road—not an arbitrary cap set by a paternalistic, authoritarian system. Instead, the speed limit seems to be established with the…