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From: heneghan@ihuxa.UUCP (Joe Heneghan)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: >55 mph and legality
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Date: Mon, 18-Jun-84 13:25:08 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 18 13:25:08 1984
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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.