23, 11, 17.3: Why oddly numbered speed limit signs are on the rise everywhere

23, 11, 17.3: Why oddly numbered speed limit signs are on the rise everywhere

Ever heard of “highway hypnosis”? If you never went over it in American Driver’s Ed, it’s the phenomenon during which we tend to zone out while driving on long, repetitive stretches of highway or on routes we’ve taken a thousand times. It’s that feeling of pulling into your driveway and having very little recollection of actually getting there. Suffice it to say, going into pure autopilot mode on the road isn’t ideal. It’s not safe, and we tend …