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From: ma@hropus.UUCP (Miguel Abdo)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: 65 MPH?
Message-ID: <274@hropus.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 13-Feb-86 16:57:21 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 13 16:57:21 1986
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> The California Highway Patrol and Caltrans (California Department of
> Transportation) recommended ... that the 55-mph speed limit be boosted
> to 65 mph along hundreds of miles of the state freeway system outside
> metropolitan areas.
> 

Well, now, if the speed limit were to increase to 65 MPH, then people would
go between 70 and 75 MPH.  Then what?  I suppose someone would suggest
upping the speed limit to 75!

I'm not trying to say I don't occasionally speed; we all do once in a
while.  But just because people don't like it doesn't mean the law should
be changed.  After all, the original purpose of 55 was to save energy.