Reduced Speed Ahead: 65mph

Pop quiz. You're driving down the highway and come to a sign that says you're entering a construction zone and have to reduce your speed... to 65 mph. What speed were you going originally?

If you guessed...

You'd be correct.

We took a road trip this past week up to North Dakota, and were surprised to see a sign calling for us to slow down to 65 - you know, for the safety of the workers. Because the odds of surviving an impact with a few of tons of steel and glass apparently increase at the slow speed of 65 mph.

Don't worry though, the boxy Jeep Cherokee was made for durability, not speed. We barely hit the 72 mph mark on the open road.