1996-03-29 - Re: National speed limits and expansion of federal power…

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From: “Deven T. Corzine” <deven@ties.org>
To: Chevelle <love5683@voicenet.com>
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Message ID: <199603282352.SAA14137@escher.ties.org>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-03-29 09:40:41 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 17:40:41 +0800

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From: "Deven T. Corzine" <deven@ties.org>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 17:40:41 +0800
To: Chevelle <love5683@voicenet.com>
Subject: Re: National speed limits and expansion of federal power...
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At 06:06 PM 3/27/96 -0500, Deven T. Corzine wrote:
>Actually, the national government didn't even *pretend* it had jurisdiction
>here.  Instead, they used an indirect approach -- they passed laws which
>denied some of the existing highway funding to states with higher speed
>limits than 55 MPH.  (Later this limit was raised to 65 MPH, given some
>additional restrictions such as proximity to population centers.)

At 03:12 AM 3/28/96 -0500, Chevelle wrote:
>It was only months ago that they passed a bill raising alot of speed limits
>to the 75mph range.

To be precise, Congress repealed the laws which had pressured states into the
55/65 MPH speed limits.  Once this happened, a number of states either took
advantage of it immediately to raise speed limits, or are considering it...
Other states don't intend to raise the limits.  In Montana, you can now drive
at *any* speed legally, in the daytime.  So if you want to go 100 MPH, head to
Montana...  :-)

Deven





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