mem@sii.UUCP (Mark Mallett) (12/05/83)
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According to an article ("Justice, Etc. pg 33) in this month's (dec 1983)
Car and Driver, the state of New Hampshire never officially adopted the
55 mph speed limit. This fact has been used in taking cases to many
district courts as well as the state's supreme court; and according to
the magazine (which refers to the Boston Globe reportage of this issue)
the concensus is that 55 mph is not a limit on NH highways. The NH
code limits speed to "reasonable and prudent"; judges apparently think
that it is reasonable to drive 70 mph on highways designed for that
speed; and that reasonable speed doesn't depend on gas saving measures.
Mark Mallett
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