Richard Nixon is responsible for the 55 mph speed limit in 1974.
That was bad stuff.
Of course most cars didn’t have overdrive ratio back then.
Now I can cruise at 80mph and 2000 rpm.
President Nixon signs national speed limit into law - HISTORYhttps://www.history.com › this-day-in-history › nixon-s...
On January 2, 1974, President Richard M. Nixon signs the Emergency Highway ... signed a federal law lowering all national highway speed limits to 55 mph.