I recently took a trip from North Alabama to Gatlinburg, Tn.
I drove in the 70-74 mph range.
I got over 40 mpg in a 13 year-old 4-door Honda.
I don't need Hillary Clinton adding an extra hour of driving time on my vacation trips to the mountains FOR NO REASON. My vehicle would have gotten the same mileage at 55 that it would have at 70.
Scientifically impossible to overcome greater drag without expending more energy.
>>My vehicle would have gotten the same mileage at 55 that it would have at 70.<,
I drive a Chrysler 300m, which has a very low drag coefficient. My normal long distance freeway mileage is in the high 20's. But on one trip I drove from Seattle to Portland and back and stayed between 50 and 55 the entire trip.
I got 35 mpg!
That said, the 55 mph speed limit is ludicrous. As one poster said, time is money. On a long trip, the time lost is staggering. And for goods shipped by truck, it is downright INFLATIONARY!
Maybe they should control the length of my showers as well.
The useless twits!