Posted on 10/06/2022 6:27:32 AM PDT by EBH
Music video by Sammy Hagar performing I Can't Drive 55. (C) 1984 Geffen Records
In 1974, the federal government passed the National Maximum Speed Law, which restricted the maximum permissible vehicle speed limit to 55 miles per hour (mph) on all interstate roads in the United States.1 The law was a response to the 1973 oil embargo, and its intent was to reduce fuel consumption.
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One can buy a 780hp production car in today's world and never mess with a carburetor again.
Try doing 55 in any freeway lane in our post-fauci flu society and see what happens to you ...
“They are most frequently found in situations where someone else is paying the energy bills.”
My Dad was a Mechanical Engineer and at one point was in charge of a HUGE office building that held nothing but women. Heating and cooling the place was always a nightmare for him, and his bosses were forever riding him to keep those energy costs down.
He sent out a memo to everyone in the building saying something to the effect that everyone, from the CEO to the Janitor, was required to bring and keep a sweater at work.
“When you are cold, put the sweater ON. When you are hot, take the sweater OFF.”
Pretty sure this is where Carter got his idea in the first place, LOL!
“What was it set at in summer?”
air conditioners were not as common in homes, therefore energy consumption during the summer was not a concern.
While you're at it find wage and price controls and his plans for us doing business with China.
China? Nixon is where it all started.
“ It took a Democrat, Bill Clinton, to finally do away with it.”
It took a REPUBLICAN Congress to approve it
And now look at the states with the highest speed limits - almost entirely RED while the blue states drive like granny
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