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55 MPH speed limit to return?
My 240D will thank John Warner:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/5884083.html Quote:
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Last I saw, minimum speed was like 40 or 45 MPH on the interstate... Nothing forcing anyone to run higher. If the ones who want to run slower keep to the right, I have no problem.
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If they're doing 80 in 60 mph zones, do you think dropping the limit by 5 mph will slow them down any?
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All my highways are 55 or 65 already...........
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Same here in Illinois.
Around Chicago, it's 55 but everyone goes 70-80, and out on the open road, it's 65 and they tend to stay under 75. I'm ok with doing 65. If they lowered it I'd still probably keep it around there.
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I would be in favor of letting those getting less than 20 mpg be restricted to 55 and those getting better to go 80.
Heck, those getting less than 20 mpg could be restricted to 35 for all I care. Hey, maybe at 35 they'd get 20 mpg! Tom W
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I agree, restrict and tax the heck out of the guzzling SUV's....then see how many are left on the road. Except it will never happen, in this country of wasting as much as we can.........
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$12/gal will save fuel, not 55mph.
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IMHO, if the vehicle is paid for and you're getting over 15mpg you're doing okay. Buying a $14k Jetta that gets 50mpg costs more than driving my 25mpg Benz for the first 70k
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Funny that trucking associations are supporting a lower speed limit. I see them about to plow through the back of vehicles going the current speed limits.
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55 is getting close to the top speed of your 240d's, Jimmy. You should be happy.
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We are a nation brought up to be consumers.
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This is what needs to be done, listen to the end of the video.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=p5mWEIq5ntA |
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Having driven and ridden through the entire 20 years of the 55 MPH campaign, I can verify that it was almost never observed. Only twice, both times while actually under observation by law enforcement (I-5 in the San Joaquin Valley and I-70 east of Denver, both in the first year or two of the law, do I remember actually having to keep below 60.
There's certainly nothing wrong with slowing down all by ourselves, law or no, except that it may not be safe. In June of 2006 I drove from Winnemucca, NV to Santa Rosa, CA at a steady 65 MPH due to a car problem (the 85's axle boots had disintegrated). While that resulted in the best fuel economy ever for that trap cat-ridden car (26 MPG), it was a little disconcerting to look in the mirror and see nothing but "Peterbilt" (except it was backwards, of course). That was in an area where the speed limit was 75, dropping to 70 as you get closer to Reno, and 80 is the minimum if you want to feel even a little bit that you are "keeping up" with the flow of traffic. So my guess is that 55 will not be re-instituted. Let the government spend its time (and our money) educating people on the benefits that slowing down can achieve by publicizing mileage figures for various real cars at "high" and "low" speeds. Jeremy
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