Re: 55 alive?

[Jim Healey <Healey@chester.lerc.nasa.gov>]

At 09:28 AM 9/22/95 -0500, you wrote:
>Bob
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>Maybe its because no one drives 55 or even 65 anymore on interstate 

>It was nice old, law-abiding, Newt & Rush loving folks in mini-vans, 
>Buick Park Aves, etc.  Not an Audi, BMW, MB, etc. in sight.  Of course, 

>Let the carnage begin!!
>
Actually the timing of this is almost perfect, since people in the US
have recently just finished a new car binge with record sales for
many manufacturers and in general the new car is safer than the old
so . . 
In a few years we can tie the decrease in the bad hiway statistics
(injuries etc.) to the increase in the speed limits - kind of like what the
speed
haters did to us in the 70s

jim h

ps:
Does anyone actually know someone who thinks responsibly
raising the limits is bad?


>Bill Murin
>'87 4KCSQ--driving in the right lane away from the nuts
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