From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!CAD:tektronix!tekecs!ews Newsgroups: net.auto Title: Re: 55 in California Article-I.D.: tekecs.608 Posted: Thu Mar 10 16:44:20 1983 Received: Sat Mar 12 05:22:41 1983 References: avsdT.342 In reference to the 55MPH limit: I'm not sure whether 55 is a federal law or not; I believe it was originally a 'suggestion', which the states were supposed to follow up on. In any case, enforcement rests entirely on the states; they may chose between enforcing 55MPH, or losing large parts of their federal money for highways. Those with budgets in the black are less apt to knuckle under to the feds. ews Tektronix