Now they want to ban cars, period.
It will be interesting to see what happens in Europe this winter...and in Maine,Minnesota and Montana.
My Mazaratti does 185.
I lost my license, now I don’t drive
When the National Maximum Speed Law was passed in 1973 it killed the American Muscle Car.
I wonder if we will have ongoing reports about how thermostats are set in the white House, Congress, and other Federal buildings.
“its intent was to reduce fuel consumption”
If you ask most folks today, certainly not to include well-informed Freepers, they won’t know that fact.
They believe it was all about speed limits and “Safety”.
“The law was a response to the 1973 oil embargo, and its intent was to reduce fuel consumption.”
And THIS time the law will be in response to Brandon draining our Strategic Oil Reserves! *SPIT*
As a life-long Van Halen fan, I was pleasantly surprised when Sammy Hagar showed up (to replace David Lee Roth) with ‘Why Can’t This Be Love?’
The National Maximum Speed Law was President Nixon’s worst accomplishment. Although it was unpopular, even Ronald Reagan couldn’t get rid of it. He vetoed a bill that ould have repealed it because the bill was too full of pork. It took a Democrat, Bill Clinton, to finally do away with it.
Carter was a disaster, but 55 was signed into law by Nixon.
Try doing 55 in any freeway lane in our post-fauci flu society and see what happens to you ...
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.