Should highway speed limits be increased?Should highway speed limits be increased? Should we tear down every sign the government posts and uses to regulate speed limits on thousands of highways across the country? Should we trust every single person's driving ability to drive at a reasonably safe speed? The response most people tend towards is negativity. People automatically assume that the speeds currently posted on our highways are only there for our protection. People do not believe that the government is knowingly implementing speed limits that are below a safe speed for a given roadway. It is true that the government claims to set speed limits for the public welfare. As the U.S. Department of Transportation states, “Speed ​​limits are appropriate speeds based on an area's traffic, road conditions, weather, and lighting” (The Star Ledger). But the fact of the matter is that their arguments have no factual basis. Suppose the government really is setting safe speed limits. If this were true, speed limits would be constantly changing. If the roadway was wet, if traffic was heavy or visibility was poor at any given time, the speed limit would have to change continuously. But the government can't be on the highway 24 hours a day changing signs. If the government wants to set a safe speed standard, then it needs to be much more realistic. A driver knows his own capabilities as well as the capabilities of his vehicle in different conditions. If the government tries to tell society that the high speed at which they travel is harmful; people won't feel like the government cares about their safety. Instead, they will feel as if they are being treated like children. Therefore the speed limit on highways should be increased and individuals should be allowed to drive at a safe "high" speed without being held back by an unrealistic law. From first-hand experience, one should easily realize that the common man would feel negativity towards raising speed limits. People fall into this trap because the general public is often misled into believing that abolishing speed limits on highways will only cause more harm than good. People often fall victim to misunderstandings and rarely notice the benefits of raising the speed limit to a safe level.