Sen. John Warner, R-Va. Suggests National Speed Limit

Vortex said:
55mph may be fine and dandy for Virginia or the rest of the east coast but crossing Texas at 55 mph is a two day job. No thanks.
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Hush your mouth. ;) 55 MPH is no good in Virginia either. At that speed it feels like I am on the brakes. :D
 
Bluerauder said:
g. The oil that we save will be bought and used by someone else.
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Correct.

Right now, China's consumption is going off the charts. The more we save, the more they can purchase. They have 1,000 new cars hitting the pavemennt every day. :eek:
 
Except that???

sailsmen said:
I got my license in 1974. First time on the Interstate I went 55 for 20 minutes so many cars were passing me it was dangerous.

My father, said son you can speed up or get us both killed.
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That was then this is now.
 
Before any more of the tax payers $$ is spent on "research" about this idiotic idea of a national speed limit, let Senator Warner be a guinea pig........ If his constituents have an average commute of say 23 miles each way by car....... Insist that he commute the same distance for 6 months, so that he understands in real terms what he is suggesting.

These dopes really need to stop drinking the beltway Kool-Aid and understand the impact of their legislation. Issue pandering vs. real work going on in Washington is at an all time high unfortunately.
 
I lived through the last 55 MPH boondoggle and as Sammy Hagar sang....."I can't drive 55!!" especially on the Interstates!!!:mad2:

I did an experiment week before last.......I have a 2004 Dodge Ram 1500 with 5.7 "Hemi" and it has an on board mileage computer that shows average MPG!! BTW, this thing has the aerodynamics of a BRICK and wind load has to be really bad at higher speeds!!:cool:

I had a 200 miles Interstate trip and ran 60+ mile legs at constant speed on cruise.....

1. 62 miles @ 70 MPH = 20.1 MPG

2. 65 miles @ 60-65 MPH = 22.3 MPG

3. 61 miles @ 78-80 MPH = 17.7 MPG

* Not bad for a 5,000# BRICK......I had a 1970 VW that didn't do this good!!

Quite a spread but if I run 65 MPH it only takes me about 30 minutes longer to go 200 miles but I save 2.3 gallons or almost $10.00!!:beer:

BTW, I have noticed a lot of folks driving slower to conserve fuel lately!!:D

I wish I had an on board mileage computer on the Marauder to see how much difference it makes at reduced speed!!:shake:

55 MPH is too mundane and NOBODY will observe it!!!:eek:

My $.02....FWIW??

Marauderjack:burnout:
 
Everyone out here in NoVa is still driving as fast as traffic will allow. My commute from Southern MD has most people driving 70-75 in a 50 mph zone on 210. I can't tell anyone is trying to save gas by the way V8 pickups floor it at lights to pass me. People are sure as hell not driving any slower out here because of $4 gas. I bought a 4 banger that gets 25 mpg city, almost 30 highway, with me still driving the same speeds I always did. So I can still go 80 and get better gas mileage. Ta-da
 
People waste more gas by sitting in stop and go traffic more than anything else. Widen current roads, add more lanes to the highways. I've only been driving for 10 years but stayed within the same area and it's crazy to see only certain areas become parking lots when I remember them as never seeing any major traffic.

Here in MD Route 32 from Clarksville to West Friendship (for now) is FINALLY going to be widening the road to go from 2 lanes to 4 lanes. With so many more people on the road these days everything bottlenecks up very quickly. 95% of the roads I drive on are way out dated to handle the current and new traffic that will be passing by.

I just recently moved so my work commute went from 15 miles/25 mins to 32 miles/35 mins. I'd rather leave earlier to get to work and stay past rush hour just so I don't have to deal with traffic. As long as I am moving I am getting decent gas mileage. Sadly I will be buying a gas mileage beater car, not cause it cost $70-75 to fill up the MM but I just want to keep the miles now that I will be doing 60-100 miles round trip instead of half of that before I moved and I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance cause I moved out into the country lol.

They just need to develop teleporters and be done with it then price of gas will drop as the oil companies will be begging people to buy fuel and drive lol. Oh and we will be helping out the ozone also. (had to throw the green idea out there lol)
 
Any one who has ever sat in traffic will notice 90% of the cars have 1 person in them..DUH! We really need to work on mass transit not widen roads.

Wait untill you encounter a driver that is "hyper mileage driving":argue::mad2::mad2::mad2:

Then the fun begins:censor::censor::censor:
 
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