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[roncriswell@sbcglobal.net]

The idea of reinstalling the 55 mph speed limit is being wagged in our face again - God forbid: I sent an email last week to Senators John Warner and Kay Bailey Hutchison protesting the idea of reinstalling the 55 mph speed limit to save gasoline. 55 might work for an itty bitty state like Virginia, New Jersey, Rhode island etc. but just try and drive from Dallas to Corpus or Longview to El Paso at 55. It is ridiculous especially out west. I might could live with 65 as I notice my Suburban does much better at 65 on cruise and it doesn't feel as much like I am walking as 55 does. But the whole thing is WE DO MOST OF OUR DRIVING IN CITY where the speed limit is already 60 mph. And the city is where all the gas is used, not on an occasional trip to Corpus or El Paso. Jackrabbit starts and constant up and down on the accelerator pedal is also where gas is wasted. I will be the first to buy a radar detector and break this ridiculous speed if it is reinstalled. It will just be a money generator for small town police forces. Not many will follow it as happened the last time it was in force. By the way, you may already drive 55 mph if you want to save gas if you want to watch your tail lights smash into your seat back. Criswell Grapevine TX [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Jud Jones]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "roncriswell@..." wrote:

> > The idea of reinstalling the 55 mph speed limit is being wagged in > our face again - God forbid: > > I sent an email last week to Senators John Warner and Kay Bailey > Hutchison protesting the idea of reinstalling the 55 mph speed limit > to save gasoline. 55 might work for an itty bitty state like > Virginia, New Jersey, Rhode island etc. but just try and drive from > Dallas to Corpus or Longview to El Paso at 55. It is ridiculous > especially out west. I might could live with 65 as I notice my > Suburban does much better at 65 on cruise and it doesn't feel as much > like I am walking as 55 does. But the whole thing is WE DO MOST OF > OUR DRIVING IN CITY where the speed limit is already 60 mph. And the > city is where all the gas is used, not on an occasional trip to > Corpus or El Paso. Jackrabbit starts and constant up and down on the > accelerator pedal is also where gas is wasted. I will be the first to > buy a radar detector and break this ridiculous speed if it is > reinstalled. It will just be a money generator for small town police > forces. Not many will follow it as happened the last time it was in > force. By the way, you may already drive 55 mph if you want to save > gas if you want to watch your tail lights smash into your seat back. >

55 was a stupid idea last time, and it's a stupid idea this time.

[Blake Sobiloff]

On Jul 14, 2008, at 6:35 AM, Jud Jones wrote:

> 55 was a stupid idea last time, and it's a stupid idea this time.

Heh! One of my "brilliant" local Reps came up with the idea. Here are my thoughts on the issue: http://sobiloff.typepad.com/blakeblog/2008/07/a-misguided-return-to-a-national-speed-limit.html

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-- Blake Sobiloff http://www.sobiloff.com/> San Jose, CA (USA) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Al]

I remember the national 55 mph speed limit very well. Back in 1974 when it went into effect, cars and pickups did not have overdrive transmissions and were not as aerodynamic. Nowadays, most cars will get better gas mileage at 65. The main thing that the national speed limit did was teach everyone in the country that it is acceptable to violate the speed limit. roncriswell@... wrote:

> > The idea of reinstalling the 55 mph speed limit is being wagged in > our face again - God forbid: > > I sent an email last week to Senators John Warner and Kay Bailey > Hutchison protesting the idea of reinstalling the 55 mph speed limit > to save gasoline. 55 might work for an itty bitty state like > Virginia, New Jersey, Rhode island etc. but just try and drive from > Dallas to Corpus or Longview to El Paso at 55. It is ridiculous > especially out west. I might could live with 65 as I notice my > Suburban does much better at 65 on cruise and it doesn't feel as much > like I am walking as 55 does. But the whole thing is WE DO MOST OF > OUR DRIVING IN CITY where the speed limit is already 60 mph. And the > city is where all the gas is used, not on an occasional trip to > Corpus or El Paso. Jackrabbit starts and constant up and down on the > accelerator pedal is also where gas is wasted. I will be the first to > buy a radar detector and break this ridiculous speed if it is > reinstalled. It will just be a money generator for small town police > forces. Not many will follow it as happened the last time it was in > force. By the way, you may already drive 55 mph if you want to save > gas if you want to watch your tail lights smash into your seat back. > > Criswell > Grapevine TX > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.4.10/1551 - Release Date: 7/14/2008 6:49 AM >

[J Fortner]

On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 8:14 AM, roncriswell@... wrote:

> The idea of reinstalling the 55 mph speed limit is being wagged in > our face again - God forbid: > > snip > Criswell > Grapevine TX >

Hi Ron! We need to go get a burger sometime.. A 55mph speed limit would make it much easier for municipalities to decrease budgetary short comings. I'm with you. If a driver or rider wants to drive 55mph on the highway I say go for it. As long as drivers are driving safely, I could really care less how they do it. Jim Fortner Plano, TX

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[Gary LaRue]

Yeah, I remember it well, too. It sure did make a big revenue income for the California Highway Patrol, though. Big bux came flowing in from people like me. If I remember right, the Feds got in on it by requiring a certain amount of the revenue to be shunted to them. I guess it worked well for the Federales because, some years later, they required the states to send the major part of all the funds collected from tickets to them. Of course, they would give it back in the form of money for highway repairs and so forth. You believe that happened, don't you? Lash ----- Original Message ---- From: Al To: KLR Group DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 8:04:41 AM Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] who wants to drive their KLR at 55 mph? I remember the national 55 mph speed limit very well. Back in 1974 when it went into effect, cars and pickups did not have overdrive transmissions and were not as aerodynamic. Nowadays, most cars will get better gas mileage at 65. The main thing that the national speed limit did was teach everyone in the country that it is acceptable to violate the speed limit. roncriswell@ sbcglobal. net wrote:

> > The idea of reinstalling the 55 mph speed limit is being wagged in > our face again - God forbid: > > I sent an email last week to Senators John Warner and Kay Bailey > Hutchison protesting the idea of reinstalling the 55 mph speed limit > to save gasoline. 55 might work for an itty bitty state like > Virginia, New Jersey, Rhode island etc. but just try and drive from > Dallas to Corpus or Longview to El Paso at 55. It is ridiculous > especially out west. I might could live with 65 as I notice my > Suburban does much better at 65 on cruise and it doesn't feel as much > like I am walking as 55 does. But the whole thing is WE DO MOST OF > OUR DRIVING IN CITY where the speed limit is already 60 mph. And the > city is where all the gas is used, not on an occasional trip to > Corpus or El Paso. Jackrabbit starts and constant up and down on the > accelerator pedal is also where gas is wasted. I will be the first to > buy a radar detector and break this ridiculous speed if it is > reinstalled. It will just be a money generator for small town police > forces. Not many will follow it as happened the last time it was in > force. By the way, you may already drive 55 mph if you want to save > gas if you want to watch your tail lights smash into your seat back. > > Criswell > Grapevine TX > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg com > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.4.10/1551 - Release Date: 7/14/2008 6:49 AM >

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[Greg May]

Hi Ron, I actually heard a rather interesting "rant' on the local rock channel on my drive to work. I never heard the original part but apparently there was a news or tv blurb saying we should slow down to conserve gas. The guy that called apparently was a salesman who travels from Halifax to I believe Sydney (Nova Scotia), probably at a guess about +400km's with a posted speed most of the way at 110kph. Anyway to get back to it he apparently tried it at 90kph all the way and I believe he said 120kph, the normal speed of travel and repeated several times to try to get repeatability. I can't remember what he quoted for mileage but he claimed he got 5 miles per gallon at 120..have a great day...Greg

--- On Mon, 7/14/08, roncriswell@... wrote: From: roncriswell@... Subject: [DSN_KLR650] who wants to drive their KLR at 55 mph? To: "Fred Hink" , "KLR Group" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> Received: Monday, July 14, 2008, 10:14 AM The idea of reinstalling the 55 mph speed limit is being wagged in our face again - God forbid: I sent an email last week to Senators John Warner and Kay Bailey Hutchison protesting the idea of reinstalling the 55 mph speed limit to save gasoline. 55 might work for an itty bitty state like Virginia, New Jersey, Rhode island etc. but just try and drive from Dallas to Corpus or Longview to El Paso at 55. It is ridiculous especially out west. I might could live with 65 as I notice my Suburban does much better at 65 on cruise and it doesn't feel as much like I am walking as 55 does. But the whole thing is WE DO MOST OF OUR DRIVING IN CITY where the speed limit is already 60 mph. And the city is where all the gas is used, not on an occasional trip to Corpus or El Paso. Jackrabbit starts and constant up and down on the accelerator pedal is also where gas is wasted. I will be the first to buy a radar detector and break this ridiculous speed if it is reinstalled. It will just be a money generator for small town police forces. Not many will follow it as happened the last time it was in force. By the way, you may already drive 55 mph if you want to save gas if you want to watch your tail lights smash into your seat back. Criswell Grapevine TX [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now at http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[rjlautner@sbcglobal.net]

Surely you understand the 55mph speed limit was NOT about saving fuel. And it wasn't about saving lives either. It wasn't back then and it won't be next time. Bob, who doesn't want to drive anything as slow as 55 on the interstate highway system.

[Andrus Chesley]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Arden Kysely" wrote:

> > Ha. It was a little early for a beer in the middle for me yesterday > morning. I dove in to a double tire change (trying IRC GP-1s this > time around) about 0730. Had a cup of coffee in the middle, saved the > beer for the afternoon (and after the test ride). > > __Arden

I agree. Love changing my tires in the early morning before it gets hot out. When I stop for a beer, the riding and work are done for the day also. . . Andy > Offshore Louisiana '00 KLR '07 Bandit S