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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.
That used to make road tripping a PITA.
Keep in mind, the Climate Panic Cult was telling us oil would run out by the year 2000.
“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.