Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ccice5.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!rochester!ritcv!ccice5!rdz From: rdz@ccice5.UUCP (Robert D. Zarcone) Newsgroups: net.auto,net.consumers Subject: Re: 55mph speed limit Message-ID: <770@ccice5.UUCP> Date: Wed, 17-Apr-85 11:58:55 EST Article-I.D.: ccice5.770 Posted: Wed Apr 17 11:58:55 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 19-Apr-85 00:15:13 EST References: <5500003@petrus.UUCP> <3560@alice.UUCP> <298@dolqci.UUCP> <1818@hplabs.UUCP> Organization: CCI Central Engineering, Rochester, NY Lines: 15 Xref: watmath net.auto:6431 net.consumers:2179 > > > I know of no argument for the 55 mph speed limit > > > that cannot also be advanced for a 35 mph speed limit. > > > > For cryin' out loud! Don't say that too loud, or some knee-jerk > > congressman will hear about it, and the next thing you know, we'll > > have a 35 mph national limit! > > > Enforce it, give mass transit an exemption, and we'd see some good > mass transit systems pretty quick. > -- No, you would get millions of people breaking the law and several politicians would be looking for new jobs. Mass transit would still stink. *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***