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macira wrote:
Was the previous speed limit deal a big winner? No just a goofy idea then as well as now.

Highway fatalities dropped by a noticeable amount. I'd call that a very big winner. Had crude oil not dropped to $10-$15 a barrel, the speed limit might have stayed at 55.

As a transport driver who uses his own one-ton diesel to haul RV's, I can tell you that we are saving over $1300 a month in fuel costs by slowing to 55mph, from 70mph, driving an average of 10,000 miles per month. That's significant savings.

Most highway patrol officers will tell you that over 90% of traffic fatalities are a result of excessive speed. Yet all the people who are ticketed for speeding will tell you they didn't feel their speed was excessive. They feel that others are going to slow and they are forced to make sudden lane changes and bob-and-weave through traffic, tailgate, and cut off other drivers. I use to drive way too fast when I was younger but I now support slower speed limits. We should do all we can to conserve fuel.

Strawfoot