Speed Kill!

USA Today -- Drive 55 Campaign Gaining Speed

Now that gas is about $4.00 per gallon, we're all going retro. Cars are getting smaller and we're driving less. The 70s are back, man! Could the 55 mph speed limit come back too? Doubtful. Expensive gasoline may keep our cars in park more often, but you can't tell Americans how to drive. At least that's the feeling I get from reading the comments following this article. 55 mph makes sense, though, and you can't argue with good common sense. By driving automobiles closer to their optimal fuel efficiency, usually between 55-60 mph, we save gasoline. But one of our rights as Americans is to be as wasteful as we want. Its in the Bill of Rights, right?!

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