Yes, when New Mexico went to 65 mph in 1987 rural interstate fatalities in New Mexico increased from 76 to 118 (55 percent), but New Mexico, like two of the states that kept the 55, was just having a bad year. In New York fatalities rose from 37 to 54 (46 percent) and in Pernnsylvania fatalities rose from 68 to 88 (29 percent) -- both states kept their limit at 55. Its the small number effect and it is scientifically unsound. The New Mexico studies only looked at one year after the 65 mph went into effect and it only looked at one study