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To: 4yearlurker

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.


22 posted on 12/23/2021 9:03:26 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Nietzsche: “Everything the State says is a lie, and everything the State has. It was stolen!”)
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To: Grampa Dave

That used to make road tripping a PITA.


26 posted on 12/23/2021 9:19:55 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Grampa Dave

Keep in mind, the Climate Panic Cult was telling us oil would run out by the year 2000.


27 posted on 12/23/2021 9:27:16 AM PST by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: Grampa Dave

“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.”

Yes, you might say it was our first Mask Mandate. It might not have saved much fuel, but it certainly made the state lots of money from speeding tickets.


35 posted on 12/23/2021 10:18:06 AM PST by Not_Who_U_Think
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