I agree, I don't see this happening. People are upset about high fuel
costs and some decrease in driving has occurred but not a mass exodus of
the auto. Gas stations are not closing left and right, the economy,
while not great anyway, is not in total collapse. By the way, all of
this happened in a recent docudrama on TV where gas prices climbed to
$7.00/gal. Also, in 1974 there was a true shortage brought on by
politics and the oil embargo. Supplies are plentiful now if not costly,
no one is waiting in long lines for gas .... yet.
Howard Ressel
Project Design Engineer, Region 4
(585) 272-3372
"Phil Chernack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 7/4/2008 1:46 PM >>>
Don't count on it happening. The time, expense and lack of popular
support
will not let the speed limit be lowered. If anything, the law
enforcement
community may even be against it as it would require far more resources
to
enforce. It's not 1974 anymore and people just won't go for it.
Phil
P.S. The original 55 mph law back in 1974 was sponsored by Rep. James
Howard from my home state, NJ.
On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Scott Hudnall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
I just saw an article on CNN today that an influential Senator wants
to
lower US speed limits again to conserve fuel. If this passes we will
need to
change a lot of highway signs. As long as we're changing the signs,
why not
just set it at 90 km/h or 100 km/h? Does the USMA have any contact
with
Senator Warner or within the Energy Department? Can the Energy
Department
influence Transportation Department policy?
The article is posted at
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/03/warner.speed.limit.ap/index.html
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Scott Hudnall
