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Sweet, Hildabeast wants us to return to 55 MPH speed limits!

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ay 24, 2006 -- WASHINGTON - In a surprise move yesterday, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton called for "most of the country" to return to a speed limit of 55 mph in an effort to slash fuel consumption.


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Or maybe, Congress could show a little responsibility and triple fuel efficiency standards over the next 15 years.
 
i think speed limits is all relative. if the speed limit is 55mph, people would slowly get used to it. i mean it was 55mph back in the day so it's not that hard to beleive people will be okay driving 55mph
 
I guess the increased fuel efficiency I've seen while driving at 70MPH versus 55MPH was all in my head. :roll: Hey Clinton, do something useful for a change.
 
Originally posted by: Albis
i think speed limits is all relative. if the speed limit is 55mph, people would slowly get used to it. i mean it was 55mph back in the day so it's not that hard to beleive people will be okay driving 55mph
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Dude, I would go CRAZY driving 55 MPH on Interstates. Seriously.
 
Originally posted by: Albis
i think speed limits is all relative. if the speed limit is 55mph, people would slowly get used to it. i mean it was 55mph back in the day so it's not that hard to beleive people will be okay driving 55mph
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Oh hell no.

We used DOS back in the day -- might as well go back to it now, eh? We'll get used to it eventually..
 
Originally posted by: b0mbrman
Couldn't cars also be reengineered to run most efficiently at 70 mph?
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Well, you run into diminishing returns after a while...even if you correctly match the engine, transmission, and drag characteristics of a vehicle to run most efficiently at a given speed, ultimately it takes more and more horsepower the faster you go.
 
Originally posted by: b0mbrman
Couldn't cars also be reengineered to run most efficiently at 70 mph?
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Most already are. You are going to tell me my 93 Taursu SHO is going to get better than 30mpg....which I got running ~70 mph? My 85 GT Mustang got 25 mpg at 55 mph yet due to gearing it got 27 mpg at 70 mph. Overdrive transmissions have changed a lot in the car world but I don't expect any of the idiots in Congress to understand or believe it....especially that dumb b!tch.
 
Originally posted by: Albis
i think speed limits is all relative. if the speed limit is 55mph, people would slowly get used to it. i mean it was 55mph back in the day so it's not that hard to beleive people will be okay driving 55mph
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They didn't get used to it and they didn't drive 55 mph. They pretty much went the same speed they go now.

People will drive a speed which feels comfortable to them. 55 mph is not comfortable to most people.


Cash-strapped towns LOVE it because they can enforce ridiculous laws, "for your protection", of course, and collect revenue.
 
Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Originally posted by: Albis
i think speed limits is all relative. if the speed limit is 55mph, people would slowly get used to it. i mean it was 55mph back in the day so it's not that hard to beleive people will be okay driving 55mph
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They didn't get used to it and they didn't drive 55 mph. They pretty much went the same speed they go now.

People will drive a speed which feels comfortable to them. 55 mph is not comfortable to most people.
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Yup, even 65 feels slow considering how well most cars handle the road now.
 
Sounds like a good idea. I tried driving 55mph in my Grand Cherokee and got 25mpg according to the computer.. Went down to 20 at 70. Of course a car has much much lower drag so it would be less significant.
 
Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Sounds like a good idea. I tried driving 55mph in my Grand Cherokee and got 25mpg according to the computer.. Went down to 20 at 70.
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If it's really about fuel economy, maybe we should just ban SUVs then? If you're that willing to give away everyone else's freedoms over something stupid, we should take yours away.
 
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