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Automotive News & Views Should the US government bring back the 55 mph max speed limit again?
1418 messages, Last post on Dec 16, 2008 at 11:21 AM
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Only someone who likes controlling other people's lives would suggest such an absurdity. Particularly with the longer distances between cities in the West, lower speed limits lead to more falling asleep at the wheel, more road rage, and less respect for the law in general. This is why the states were right in getting back the power to have their own limits. It is why the states, with their differing geographic and traffic circumstances should retain the limits. The fuel problem can be solved by investing in alternate fuels, not imposing bureaucratic will on others.
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Replying to: cuhulin (Dec 08, 2007 12:17 pm) Now I don't think the distances between teh cities in the west got longer since last time we had 55, but yeah, driving 55 in the west was absolutely nutty. Spent the longest day of my life driving from Los Cruces, New Mexico to Kerrville, Texas. |
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Replying to: cuhulin (Dec 08, 2007 12:17 pm) falling asleep is a separate issue road rage is a separate issue caused by the instigator lacking patience less respect for the law in general is another separate issue. The feeble attempt at blaming a 55 mph limit for the above incidents indicates not accepting personal responsibility for commiting those errors.
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Replying to: euphonium (Dec 08, 2007 5:14 pm) Funny that those who preach responsibility usually have little of it themselves...always some liberal or anarchist conspiracy behind every problem in the world, always the responsibility of others, never a mention of their own...talk about feeble. The silent generation should keep to this nickname... 
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| in their right mind would support a national 55 MPH speed limit? It was soundly rejected the last time they tried it and the cars weren't as capable of higher speeds as they are today. When I visited my son at Fort Hood in 2005 I followed a truck doing 85 for about 200 miles in my PT cruiser. I could see no reason to pass because I would have to do better than 90 to get by. When I stopped for gas my average fuel mileage was 30 MPG. I know much of it was because of a slight draft on the truck but still I didn't normally average 30MPG. Except once on a cruise with 35 other PTs going to Santa Barbara. We got 30 MPG and averaged 60 MPH as a group. Just what real advantage would there be to another try at a national 55 MPH speed law. They would never get my vote. | |
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Replying to: waltchan (Dec 04, 2007 3:42 pm) If individual states want to impose a 55 MPH SL then fine let them, but the Federal Government should stay out of it. I think right now a more strict enforcement of current SL's will do a lot too.
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Replying to: hpmctorque (Dec 05, 2007 6:30 am) Lets face it for 95% of the people 95% of the time they will only save a few minutes at most. |
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Replying to: snakeweasel (Dec 09, 2007 10:30 am) Agreed. I am curious though, where is the data that confirms that 55 mph saves fuel?? In the 70s (yes, I am that old), they thought that 55 would save fuel, which it didn't and chose that speed. Why don't we appease the environmentalists and everyone else who doesn't want to see any personal/private vehicles on the roads and make all of the highway speed limits 35 mph. It will definitely save lives. Some folks have no idea of the amount of work that they do before they change any speed limit. There is a ton of research on the road they wish to make the change on, a "study" is done. If they feel that the road traffic cannot handle a change in the speed limit, then it isn't done. Should the govt bring back the 55 mph speed limit? No. It was pathetic then, as it would be now. The new technology no longer makes a statement that it would save fuel true. |
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Replying to: grbeck (Dec 05, 2007 10:21 am) I will disagree with you on this. I have read many studies that claim that increasing speeds above 40 MPH does increase the likelihood of a fatal accident by as much as 5% per 1MPH increase. As speed increases the amount of time decreases, amount of force the car is exerting increases and the car becomes harder to control. |
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