[serinde]

... highway policy shouldn’t be based on ideology. “There are side elements out there who don’t like people having the right to go anywhere they want however fast they want to go,” he said. “There are environmentalists who would like to see us walk everywhere.”

LOL. ALL govt. policy is based on ideology. Nice to see the environmentalists called on one of theirs, though.

[goldstategop]

Once the U.S switches over to metric speed limits, the politicians and the enviro wackos will be tempted to set them at 90 km/h regardless of the highway and particular traffic conditions. Besides the revenue involved there's the aim of getting every one out of their cars. Something about the government knowing best how to take care of global warming for you and urging you to live smarter as though you didn't know how.