The Nation - News from July 2, 1987

Michigan Gov. James J. Blanchard vetoed a bill that would have raised the speed limit to 65 m.p.h. on rural interstates. Blanchard, apparently the first governor to block such action since Congress lifted the 55-m.p.h. limit for some highways, said the bill did not satisfy his concerns about safety and did not include a ban on radar detectors. He said raising the speed limit without banning radar detectors would “send all the wrong signals about law enforcement to our citizens.”