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From: daveh@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: net.auto,net.cycle
Subject: Re: Re: slow cars in left lane
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Date: Thu, 24-Jul-86 16:43:11 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 24 16:43:11 1986
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> Xref: cbmvax net.auto:1993 net.cycle:278
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> Yes, Reagan the big bad fascist.  I've heard this a million times.  Since
> this is net.auto, I shall restrict my comments to auto-related stuff.
> I see the Democrats pushing for seatbelt and helmet laws, as well as lower
> national speed limits, not Republicans.  True, the DOT has threatened
> states with loss of highway funds for failing to support the 55 mph
> speed limit, but that isn't Reagan.  If anything Reagan has reduced
> the amount of legislation regarding cars and motorcycles.
>
>                                       Robert Allen,
>                                       robert@sri-spam.ARPA

Well, the man did make a campaign PROMISE to remove the 55 mph speed limit,
at least to the degree that he had power as President (i.e. the national
level).  Now, since he's still got two years left :-(, I can't quite call
the man a liar on that point just yet (but I am waiting until '88).  But he
hasn't even made an effort to remove this ignorant govenment policy, which is
not really legislation at all, but a legalized form of blackmail (drive
55 or you won't get the money your citizens were forced to pay to US to
maintain YOUR roads).  Now, there's probably a good chance that this 55 mph
thing will blow over in the next two years, and I'm sure Reagan's cronies
and the '88 Republican candidate will all claim responsibility for this, but
the way things are going, if they do anything it'll be to give into public
pressure.


     
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Dave Haynie    {caip,ihnp4,allegra,seismo}!cbmvax!daveh

        "I don't feel safe in this world no more,
         I don't want to die in a nuclear war,
         I want to sail away to a distant shore
         And live like an ape man."
                                -The Kinks

        These opinions are my own, though for a small fee they be yours too.
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