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I don't think I could do it again either! I know that when you go to the Lake of the Ozarks doing 65 almost 70 mph, it takes 2 1/2 hours to get there from STL. I couldn't imagine the drive going down doing 55 mph the whole time!

hey jill here is an intresting story. a man a knew got a speeding ticketa day after the 55mph was put in place in the 70s. so he did research then when called to stand in front of the judge he had told the judge that he was in violation of a federal fuel conservation law and what was the penalty for that and the judge just looked at him and said dismissed.

so what will the penalty for violating a fuel conservation law now?

well i just put in some different injectors in my car so i guess a will try them out on the highway.

Oh I would rather see the speed limit lowered than the drinking age.

It didn't work before, and it won't work again. And, b8kedbeans, the 55 mile per hour speed limit wasn't a federal fuel conservation law (although it was pitched as that). In fact, no federal speed limit law was even passed. What they did was to tell the states that if the state didn't pass the 55 MPH limit, the state would not receive and federal highway funds. Guess what all the states did? So, no federal law, just 50 state laws.

so i guess the states got blackmailed by the federal government then and it is the same as the federal government saying it no difference.

I could drive 55. I drive 60 on the highway in the inside lane and I feel like I'm gonna get ran over. I figure they have 3 other lanes to go around me. Going 60 saves on gas.

One of the biggest problems on highways is not the fast speeds it the fact that people drive at different speeds. Why this is such a problem is because most people can not follow simple lane laws. If you have multiple lanes you should be in the right-hand lanes while cruising at speed the left most lane is a PASSING lane NOT a fast lane. Many highway accidents happen when a faster car approaches a slower car from behind and either has to make a move to anther lane or brake suddenly. IL and Mo both have left lane laws I don’t remember them word for word but in IL you are not supposed to be in the left lane for greater than a mile and only for passing a slower vehicle. Now in Mo if I remember correctly and it hasn’t changed it is against the law to travel in the leftmost lane in a manner that impedes the flow of traffic in that lane regardless of the speed limit, this means that even if you are doing 60 mph in 55 in the left lane and the traffic flow is at 70 you are also breaking the law not just the ones speeding. There is a safety reason that the passing lane is on the left it’s because that’s the driver’s side of the car that is being passed and they can see that side better than the passenger side. People need to realize that while yes fast speeds can kill its not always the speeders fault that the accident happened its that person doing 10 under the speed limit in the wrong lane that can be just as dangerous. In Germany they have the Autobahn one of the largest and fastest highway systems in the world and it has a low traffic incident rate one because lane laws are stri

i say drop it to 55,it's about time to start conserving fuel and saving lives,and if people think they can stop a vehicle just as quick going 75-80 in an emergency,better redo the math

if you bought a car built for speed and drive 80 mph,evidently conserving fuel or the price of fuel is of no interest to you,i'm talking about the average person coping with the high fuel prices,maybe slowing down nationwide would help,i'm for it
jmo