"raise the speed" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is often used in the context of increasing or accelerating something, particularly in regards to motion or velocity. Example: The race car driver pushed the pedal to the floor, determined to raise the speed of his vehicle and secure the first place spot. In this sentence, "raise the speed" is used to describe the action of increasing the car's velocity.
The government plans to raise the speed limit to 80mph from 70mph in a victory for the transport secretary, Philip Hammond.
But in deciding in 1987 and 1988 to raise the speed limit by 10 m.p.h., the legislatures in 41 states struck a Faustian bargain.
Then raise the speed to medium and mix the frosting another minute, or until the frosting lightens and is well combined.
Cuts to public transport, coupled with his recent proposals to raise the speed limit, appear designed to reduce fuel efficiency and increase our dependence on oil.
His fastball velocity was only about 91 miles per hour, but he said that his surgically repaired elbow felt fine and that he expected to build arm strength and raise the speed of his pitches over the next few starts.
"I love it," Ted Houghton said in 2006, when as a member of the State Transportation Commission he voted to raise the speed limit (he is now the chairman of the commission).
The FQ-360 simply amplifies your perceived talent level by raising the speed factor.
Parliament had just passed an act raising the speed limit to 14 miles per hour, and raised it again to a dizzying 20 miles per hour in 1903.
It was finally repealed on 14 November 1896, when the Locomotives on Highways Act scrapped the flag and raised the speed limit to 14mph.
Campbell raised his record in 1959 to 260.35 miles/h (418.90 km/h), but in 1967 the Hustler raised the speed record to 285.213 miles/h (458.901 km/h) at Guntersville.
Now, in the research of Mr. Ashenfelter and Mr. Greenstone, we have a first cut at the facts 15 years after the 41 legislatures raised the speed limit on Interstate highways running through rural stretches of their states.
