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Re: National Speed Limit Repeal
In article <DEyKv7.6Kp@nntpa.cb.att.com>,
carnone@hogpf.ho.att.com (-C.ARNONE) wrote:
> The repeal of the National 55 MPH speed limit does not in any way mean
>that their will be no speed limits, ala the autobahn, on US interstates. It
>simply returns this power to the states, which makes sense, because the roads
>in Montana should have higher limits than those in New York. Of course the
>insurance companies and our elected politicians that they corrupt are
fighting
>this. Call your Congressman ASAP. The repeal of this will also take power
>from the federal government in the form of stopping this nonsense whereby
they
>blackmail the states with federal highway dollars if they don't enforce their
>speed limits (and raise our insurance rates).
>
> Anyone who talks about this topic and says that the repeal of the
>federal speed limits mean that we automatically have unlimited speed roads
>is a jerk, plain and simple...
I can't wait for the appeal of this stupid law. The definition of "urban
areas" is so broad that the speed limits drop to 55-mph MILES AND MILES from
any big-city congestion.
Mike
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