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Breeze54

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Tue Jun-19-07 12:28 PM
Response to Reply #36

38. Nixon signed the 55 MPH bill into law;

Although he supported it, it was Jimmy Carter that most people "blamed" for the law.

It was President Clinton who reversed this law.

From a report at PBS:

"The national speed limit was originally intended to save fuel, not lives.
In the early 70's, an Arab oil embargo created a serious gasoline shortage in the United States.
In 1973, the 55 mile an hour speed limit was signed into law by President Richard Nixon, and later
endorsed by President Carter, who touted improved safety, as well as fuel economy."

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