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From: samuels@h-sc1.UUCP (ronald samuels)
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Subject: Re: Congressmen propose relaxation of 55mph speed limit in rural
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Date: Wed, 3-Apr-85 18:55:29 EST
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> Some very interesting comments here.  How can the 55 mph speed limit be
> saving 167,000 barrels of petroleum a day and 9000-10000 lives a year when
> more than a 75% of the cars on rural interstate highways exceed it?
> 

The reason that the 55 mph speed limit saves lives and gas despite people
exceeding it is that people exceeded the old limit too.  What proponets
of the bill are actually saying is that we want to change the law so that it
will now be legal to drive 65 so that everyone can drive 75 without getting a
ticket.
-- 

Ron Samuels
Harvard University Science Center

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