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Originally Posted by BusyBenz
Imposed speed limit control. Back in the late 70's, Jimmy Carter implemented the 50 MPH national speed limit. A few months into this law, speed limits were increased 5 MPH to 55 MPH.
Think it'll ever be reconsidered, revisited? There's talk about it!
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No, no, no, no.... And once again: No!
For years, I've been advocating the opposite: RAISING speed limits on stretches of interstate highways where it is reasonable to do so.
Of course this would have to coincide with a policy of actually teaching people how to DRIVE before handing them a driver's license!
So I'm not holding my breath.
I know it goes without saying, especially around this crowd, but Germany's Autobahn is a textbook example of how this can, and should, work.
"Speed" itself does not cause accidents. Far, FAR more accidents are caused by inattentive driving (duh!), and more important to this discussion, the DIFFERENCE in speed between people who are driving at or slightly above the speed limit (like me, and most people), and those who are driving far below it (as Brian says he is doing now, apparently much to his fellow drivers' dismay).
Mike