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Article: Attacks resume on 55 mph speed limit. (from Congressional Quarterly)
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- The Oil Daily
- Article date:
- March 12, 1985
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Attacks Resume on 55 Mph Speed Limit
The 55 mph speed limit, an energy-saving measure that turned out to save lives, is under attack again from members of Congress who say it wastes motorists' time.
The momentum is coming from members from rural areas and the West, where the national speed limit has been criticized since shortly after it was adopted at the height of the energy crisis in 1973.
"There's a strong, strong feeling in the West that the federal government is not setting a fair limit,' says Rep. Dave McCurdy, D-Okla., one of several members who have introduced bills to raise the limit to 65 mph on at least some highways. "People are hot ...