Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxa.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!ihuxa!heneghan From: heneghan@ihuxa.UUCP (Joe Heneghan) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: >55 mph and legality Message-ID: <556@ihuxa.UUCP> Date: Mon, 18-Jun-84 13:25:08 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxa.556 Posted: Mon Jun 18 13:25:08 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jun-84 07:15:41 EDT Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 14 To begin with, let's look at where the "55 mph" law came from: 1.) "The Fuel Shortage" (the biggest farse ever) 2.) Statistics pointing at safety What has this law done? Nothing Does the majority of Americans support this law? I doubt it I have also fallen prey to hot dogs, but it's an unwritten rule of the road to leave the left lane as the fast lane. There are times when one must "put the hammer down" and I beleive that highways should facilitate this as long as it's done safely. People are going to speed no matter what and all of us should drive intelligently and realisticaly while keeping that in mind.