Newsfront

October, 1987

what's happening in the sexual and social arenasSafe at any Speed?Springfield. Illinois--Traffic deaths in Illinois fell from 131 in May 1986 to 106 in May 1987, the first full month of the 65-mile-an-hour speed limit on rural interstates. State police attribute the decline to two factors: They are enforcing the speed limit and they are enforcing the state's mandatory-seal-belt law. In May, revved-up traffic patrols issued twice as many speeding tickets to motorists as they had issued in April a...