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Re: House passes speed limit abolishment



Kenneth E. Long (klong@violin.aix.calpoly.edu) wrote:
: Well, the House of Representatives has finally passed that bill to let 
: the states set their own speed limits.  Some Democrat politician said 
: that this would turn our nation's highways into "killing fields."  They 
: just can't stand to see this little bit of power they have slip through 
: their fingers!  Is it too much to hope that more reasonable speed limits 
: are on the way?

    Actually the 55 MPH legislation(a Nixon creation) never prohibited 
states from setting their own speed limits. It just took away federal 
highway funds from those states which did not impose the limit and not 
even the most ardent backers of states rights were ready to leave the 
federal trough.


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