From: Seth Grimes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Jimmy Carter's 55 mph limit did speeding."
The 55 mph speed limit was first imposed nationally by Richard Nixon in 1973 in reaction to the Arab oil embargo as a means of conserving fuel.
Why is it that people so often attribute to Carter policies that now seem questionable?
Seth
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