National Speed Limit - NOW!

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For the sake of evvironmental protection, highway safety, and energy independence, why not set the national speed limit at 55 mph again? We did it once when energy was scarce and expensive, and it worked. The death rate on the highways went way down. The use of gasoline went way down, and therefore the price at the pump was also controlled. Once again, we have the same problems: Unpredicatable supply, high prices, and now add to that the need to enhance national security, and the dire need to reduce the amount of CO2 pouring from tail pipes and into the air. Forcing everyone to drive 55 would have a positive impact on all those things. Hell, just enforcing the current speed limits would too. No one likes getting speeding tickets, but at this point there are far more important things to worry about. Where is the campaign to reduce the speedlimit on the interstates? No one out there can really think that their daily commute is more important than the future of life on Earth, or the quality of life wherever they live? Or, can they?