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Re: Speed limits



In article <3s9e9b$hek@ftp.amcc.com>, Jeremy Hansen <"jeremyh@amcc.com"> wrote:
>Ok, so now that Congress is putting speed limits into the hands
>of the states, who can we contact to get these speed limits
>raised in California?  Or maybe even eliminated on those long,
>straight, lonely roads..!

Give 'em time. Those of us old enough remember that state control of
speed limits was the way it was up till the Arab oil crisis. Up until
then, speed limits had been rising steadily, and Nevada didn't even
have a speed limit. For instance, during the 1960s Arizona raised its
Interstate speed limit from 65 to 75 mph.

OTOH, I remember the early 1950s in Ohio when the speed limit was 45
mph, and what a thrill it was when it went up to 60/50 day/night. And
that was NOT on the Turnpike.



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