Maximum Speed Limited of 55 MPH to due Energy Crisis

Maximum Speed Limited of 55 MPH to due Energy Crisis

The Issue

Please mandate a 55 mph maximum speed limit-no higher-we do have an energy crisis. There is no reason why this cannot be done for the betterment The People.

Benefits: Save on fuel and money. Save lives. Save on disability claims and insurance premiums due to reduced auto accidents. It's common sense.

Deaths, Injuries Increase With Higher Speed Limits.  To save lives, government should enact new interstate laws, researchers say July 9, 2009
"THURSDAY, July 16 (HealthDay News) -- Deaths and injuries on America's interstates have increased since the repeal of the federal 55-mile-per-hour speed limit in 1995, a new study finds, and some believe it's time to slow down again."

http://health.usnews.com/health-news/managing-your-healthcare/articles/2009/07/16/deaths-injuries-increase-with-higher-speed-limits​

http://drive55.org/

Slow Down a Little, Save a Lot of Gas
by Peter Valdes-Dapena
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
CNNMoney.com
Speeding on the highway adds a surprising amount to your fuel costs.
http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/104752/Slow-Down-a-Lttle-Save-a-Lot-of-Gas

Drive 55, save gas
http://articles.sfgate.com/2005-10-19/news/17396345_1_aaa-of-northern-california-gas-slow-traffic

February 11, 2009 2:40 PM,
Editorial: Cap U.S. Speed Limit At 55 Mph To Save Gas
By    CBSNews
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/07/politics/uwire/main4239631.shtml

PS: A 55 mph zone would also increase revenue to the individual States with more traffic citations. For each mile over the speed limit increases the traffic fines.

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Louis TerrancePetition Starter"And can it be that in a world so full and busy, the loss of one weak creature makes a void in any heart so wide and deep that nothing but the width and depth of eternity can fill it up.." Charles Dickens. "I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being."--Abraham Lincoln "The greatness of a nation, and its moral progress is measured by the way its animals are treated" - Ghandi “The soul is the same in all living creatures, although the body of each is different.”--Hippocrates
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The Issue

Please mandate a 55 mph maximum speed limit-no higher-we do have an energy crisis. There is no reason why this cannot be done for the betterment The People.

Benefits: Save on fuel and money. Save lives. Save on disability claims and insurance premiums due to reduced auto accidents. It's common sense.

Deaths, Injuries Increase With Higher Speed Limits.  To save lives, government should enact new interstate laws, researchers say July 9, 2009
"THURSDAY, July 16 (HealthDay News) -- Deaths and injuries on America's interstates have increased since the repeal of the federal 55-mile-per-hour speed limit in 1995, a new study finds, and some believe it's time to slow down again."

http://health.usnews.com/health-news/managing-your-healthcare/articles/2009/07/16/deaths-injuries-increase-with-higher-speed-limits​

http://drive55.org/

Slow Down a Little, Save a Lot of Gas
by Peter Valdes-Dapena
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
CNNMoney.com
Speeding on the highway adds a surprising amount to your fuel costs.
http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/104752/Slow-Down-a-Lttle-Save-a-Lot-of-Gas

Drive 55, save gas
http://articles.sfgate.com/2005-10-19/news/17396345_1_aaa-of-northern-california-gas-slow-traffic

February 11, 2009 2:40 PM,
Editorial: Cap U.S. Speed Limit At 55 Mph To Save Gas
By    CBSNews
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/07/politics/uwire/main4239631.shtml

PS: A 55 mph zone would also increase revenue to the individual States with more traffic citations. For each mile over the speed limit increases the traffic fines.

avatar of the starter
Louis TerrancePetition Starter"And can it be that in a world so full and busy, the loss of one weak creature makes a void in any heart so wide and deep that nothing but the width and depth of eternity can fill it up.." Charles Dickens. "I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being."--Abraham Lincoln "The greatness of a nation, and its moral progress is measured by the way its animals are treated" - Ghandi “The soul is the same in all living creatures, although the body of each is different.”--Hippocrates
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