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From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Change the 55 mph law
Message-ID: <3084@brl-tgr.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 2-Jul-84 17:13:50 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul  2 17:13:50 1984
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Marylanders will remember that the speed limits went up to 50 MPH.
They had just been lowered to 50 by the Governor to conserve fuel
when the nationwide 55 law went into effect.

In addition, the survivability may be part of the safety increase but
I would expect the real benefit of slowing down would be a decrease in
the number of accidents.

-ron