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Old July 5th 08, 04:39 PM posted to misc.transport.road,rec.autos.driving
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Default 55 returning? It had better not-the dumbest law since Prohibition

On Jul 5, 5:12*am, XOZ > wrote:
> On Jul 5, 3:56 am, "Matt Wiser" > wrote:
>
> > Anyone notice Sen. John Warner (R-VA) proposing a National Speed Limit? It's easy for him
> > to do so, as he's retiring from the Senate, and won't have to face the wrath of angry voters.
> > According to AP, he's contacted the Dept. of Energy to ask what speed limit (either 55 or
> > 60) would be most fuel-efficient. 55 may have been OK east of the Mississippi, but here out
> > West (I'm in CA), it stank. Anyone try an L.A. to Salt Lake at the despised double-nickel?
> > Or SF to Dallas or Seattle to Denver? Brock Yates said it best in 1975: The 55 speed limit
> > is/was the dumbest law since Prohibition. Speed limits should be set by the
> > states, period. If CA wants to go to 70 on Interstates and other rural freeways, or AZ, NV,
> > UT, and NM want 75, let them. Like the Sammy Hagar song goes: "I can't drive 55."

>
> How dare any of the speed nazis from Vagina propose anything. *Those
> people in the "Commonwealth" should put everybody in the legislature
> out of office for what they're doing to their own citizens with speed
> enforcement. *Any return to the 55 MPH is highway robbery, plain and
> simple. *And btw, try driving I-16 in South Georgia at 55...it's not
> just those western states that an unreasonable 55 MPH would be a
> police state bonanza for.


I would agree, Virginia seems to have a "Hard-On" against speeding
more than any state I can think of. They consider anything over 80 to
be Reckless Driving and nail you accordingly.

Jim K. Georges
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