Thanks, Stephen - I didn't think it was intended. I remember driving around then and remember the limit being lowered before Nixon resigned.
cm -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Gallagher Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 09:49 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:38833] Re: Reduced speed limits On 3-Jun-07, at 00:10 , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The speed limit was lowered under Ford, or perhaps even Nixon. It > was definitely in place prior to the 1976 elections. Can't blame > Carter for that one. > > Carleton My apologies as it was Nixon. I researched the change, and saw an endorsement of the lower speed by Carter, plus several other references that he was the president who signed it into law. There was no blaming intended, of course.
