dwhitney@uok.UUCP (07/05/84)
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uok!dwhitney Jul 5 14:15:00 1984
Let's cut the preaching about why we shouldn't drive more than 55. In case
you haven't been on an interstate expressway lately, you drive 55 and you
probably won't make it home. That goes for the slow lanes, too. If you
cant hack 70, you don't belong on the road, whether you think its right
or not. I don't like driving 65 and 70, but when the other cars on the
highway try their best to run me off the road, you can't convince me that
55 mph saves lives. That is a joke; and please don't recite statistics,
the law of averages can tell you anything you want about statistics.
The 55 mph limit was a knee-jerk reaction to the contrived oil crisis of
1975. Isnt it amazing, that 9 years ago we were on the virge of complete
energy loss, no oil, no gas, etc., now, you can read in the papers that
we have a GLUT?? Very, very interesting. Amazing how the oil companies
find oil when the gas price hits $1.30 a gallon.
California has the right idea; they are considering bucking the federal
government and repealing that states 55 mph limit and putting it back
up to 70 (which is where it belongs, for goodness sake.)
David Whitney
ctvax!uokvax!uok!dwhitney
P.S. Right along with ditching the 55 mph limit, you can toss the air bags,
the passive restraints, and all that other pseudo-Nader garbage out
the window, too.hgp@houem.UUCP (Howard Page) (07/07/84)
"Everybody goes 70mph. The 55mph speed limit should be abolished..." Me too -but- if the states raise the speed limit to 70mph, will everybody drive 85??? Is this acceptable? H.G. Page ..!ihnp4!houem!hgp "Wear your seatbelt or walk!"