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Everyone ready for another attempt at a National Mandated Speed Limit (NMSL) of 55 mph?

http://www.motorists.org/blog/speed-...re-they-crazy/

Some excerpts:

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After 22 years of propaganda, millions of tickets, and billions in insurance surcharges, actual motorist compliance on Interstate type highways ranged between five and ten percent. Those in compliance were typically mechanically unable to exceed 55.

Did it save fuel? In 1984, in what started out to be a promotional “study” of the “Benefits of the 55 MPH National Maximum Speed Limit” the Transportation Research Board (Part of the National Academy of Science) determined that keeping the 55 MPH speed limit, versus allowing the states to raise the limit to 65 MPH, would result in a 0.18 percent (less than two tenths of one percent) fuel savings (Source: TRB Report, 55: A Decade of Experience; page 176)

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Safety? Today the national and the interstate highway fatality rate is far lower than at any time during the “55 era.” In fact, the last time the fatality rate increased from year to year was in the mid 1970’s when compliance and enforcement were at their highest levels

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The B-E-S-T time to head this nonsense off is BEFORE the bills get introduced.

Please contact your Congresspeople (Senators and Representatives) and LIGHT A FIRE UNDER THEM so "55" insanity does not get a foothold again.

The organization that did the most to help end the previous 22 years of "55" can be found at www.motorists.org

I've been a member for many, many years.