Nevada Legislature: Bill would boost potential speed limit to 85 mph

Nevada lawmakers are reviewing a bill that would allow the state to raise highway speed limits to 85 miles per hour. Republican bill sponsor Sen. Don Gustavson testified on SB2 on Tuesday before the Senate Committee on Transportation. The bill would allow the state transportation department to raise the maximum speed limit on certain roads to 85 mph. The current maximum speed limit in Nevada tops out at 75 mph pri