Say No to 55 Hat

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"For everyone who is younger than about 40, the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo and the resulting crash program to “reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil”—an effort that persists to this day—is probably mystifying.

In our federal system, settled law made the states the exclusive agency for establishing highway speed limits. But in one of the first major instances of the federal government’s arm-twisting via the power of the purse, the new law withheld highway funds from states that did not set their maximum speed limit at 55 miles per hour. They called it the Nationally Mandated Speed Limit, the NMSL.

It’s reasonable to say today, more than 40 years later, that no one liked the regimentation. Drivers objected, for obvious reasons. Law enforcement agencies objected to wasting time pursuing drivers exceeding 55 mph on roads designed to be driven safely at 70—including purchasing planes to catch speeders, wasting plenty of fuel in the process." – Hagerty

SAY NO TO 55!