[Fiji Hill]

the April 2, 1987, Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act, Congress permitted states to raise speed limits to 65 mph (105 km/h) on rural Interstate highways

Reagan vetoed that bill because it contained a boatload of pork, but his veto was overridden.

[nascarnation]

It was a welcome change.
I was forced to drive much interstate mileage in Ohio and it swarmed with 55mph enforcing troopers.