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From: davew@shark.UUCP (Dave Williams)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: 55 MPH limit: A call to arms!
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Date: Tue, 17-Jul-84 10:47:42 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 17 10:47:42 1984
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Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR
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Oregon's 55 mile speed limit law is written as a fuel
conservation measure. Several months ago a judge in a
town near here starting throwing out cases of people
getting tickets for going 55-70 because he claimed there
was no longer a gas shortage and therefore the law, as
written, was invalid. There was a lot of pressure put
on him by the powers that be, but he was not dissuaded.
As far as I know he still is doing this. Has anyone else
heard of this happening in other parts of the country?
                                  Dave Williams
                                  Tektronix, Inc.
                                  ECS