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Old 08-25-2010, 07:38 AM
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Originally Posted by d-ray657 View Post
Having a trip computer in the Astra really makes me aware of things that affect gas mileage. Trying to drive 70mph really takes a toll on fuel efficiency. Accordingly, I have decided that there is no need to drive at the speed limit when the car operates much better at a lower speed. If we as a nation used fuel more efficiently, we would get that much closer to achieving energy independence.

I know that any attempt to impose a new national speed limit would be political suicide. I can just hear the tea baggers now complaining that the government is taking away their freedom to drive the speed they want to drive on the government funded super-highway system.
55 is an adequate speed to travel in a car

why was the limit ever raised?
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