National 55 MPH Speed Limit

[Silas]

:confused:Two prominent members of the :rockernana:United States Senate have speculated on reimposition of federal speed limit controls. First In 2006, :fryingpan:U. S. Senator Hillary Clinton D. NY publicly supported reimposition of the 55 mph speed limit in a speech to the New York Press Club. :violent5:Thankfully it died on the floor.
On July 3, 2008, :banghead:U.S. Senator John Warner, R-VA, :bs:wrote a letter to :bowdown:Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman asking to look into what speed limit would provide optimum gasoline efficiency given current technology. He said he wants to know if the administration might support efforts in Congress to require a lower speed limit. In 1986 The Heritage Foundation, published a study claiming that the total fuel savings during the national speed limit was no more than :confused:1% overall. See Copulos, Milton R.(1986-09-09). The High Cost of the 55 MPH Speed Limit.

There were :gah:million$ upon million$ of tax-payer dollar$ spent to change all sign$ from i.e. 65, 70, 80 MPH down to 55MPH, then again a few more tax-payer million$ were spent to change them back to 65, 70 and 80 in different states. A recent poll shows of 121,361 people showed 40,867 agreed on 55MPH and 80,494 stated NO to 55MPH.
By H. JOSEF HEBERT,
AP
Posted: 2008-07-04 14:45:06
Filed Under: Nation News

I cannot imagine trying to drive from here to Florida or Myrtle Beach again like in 1975 at 55MPH, it was horrible.

Whatta ya Think:confused:

[popowich]

55 mph is too slow. I'm comfortable driving 72 on 2 lane expressways like the I-90. Anything faster makes bad gas mileage even worse. I could deal with 80 max on wide open straight roads that are not crowded with too many cars. 80 probably makes sense in some areas like straight roads in the wide open desert. Just because there is an 80 max it doesn't mean that 65 or 70's need to be increased.

-Raymond

[Big Dan]

I'm with Ray I believe 55 is too slow even on hilly two lane country roads where there is nothing to watch out for except maybe a few deer. I think speed limits are nothing more than a way to drum up another hidden tax disguised as a fine.

We're driving the safest cars ever to hit the steets and we want to drop the speed limit again. How about we put some of the money that's going to be used for all these boneheaded studies and sign changes into alternative energies for cars? Wait we cannot, why not? It might hurt George and Dick's bottom line :fryingpan::censored1::gah:

[esnagel]

Yeah, I'm comfortable between 70 and 75. I could never drive to FL at 55.

[THERESA]

I think 65 is a good number. The real problem is horrible drivers. People drive like absolute idiots. Driving to and from NC, I saw all kinds of near misses. There were tons of people driving 80+ weaving in and out narrowly missing the bumpers of the cars they were trying to sandwich themselves between and of course not using turning signals.

At one point a girl was riding so hot on my ass I got mad and made a comment and everyone in the car turned around to wave at her and she got the message and backed off. Jenna also put in her fake "country bumpkin" teeth while she waved at her.

I get especially angry when I see people driving like that when I have my kids in the car. If they want to ram their car into a tree at 90 mph and decapitate themselves, more power to them, I even encourage it if they drive like that. Just don't do it around my kids. If someone ever caused a crash and it involved my children and they were driving recklessly, the police would be peeling me off of them when they got there if I was able bodied to do it.

[Silas]

HEY:rofl:, I thought I was the only one who used those:D "Country Bumpkin" big rubber teeth when they traveled the Interstate!!!

[THERESA]

Jenna wore them happily. It was such a proud moment for me. :p

[Silas]

:eek: We just came back from a trip to :hungry: "Eddie's Meat Market", its in the hamlet of Indian River, NYS RT # 3 and RT # 812, its a real Old Fashioned "Butcher Shop" where you can get your meat cut & wrapped while you watch and it is top quality! We go there once a month and run into people from all over, syracuse, watertown, utica, up north, Lake Bonarparte, this is the place where you can order a :drool:T-Bone Steak, 3 inches thick and still have the fat on it:hungry: or watch them grind your hamburg, plus watch them slice your sandwich meat, Great Shop!!

For something to do We drove the speed limit of 55MPH, we were :censored1:honked at, passed in no passing zones, :bootyshake:fingered, as traffic was moving along at 65 to 68 MPH, over that speed you risk a ticket!

Needless to say on the way home we cruised along at 68 mph with no problem:yay:!!