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Posted: 8:22 AM Jul 4, 2008
Virginia senator urges new national speed limit
Republican Senator John Warner of Virginia is suggesting a national speed limit to save on gas. Reporter: Associated |
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Is it time to return to the 55 mile-per-hour speed limit?
Republican Senator John Warner of Virginia is suggesting a national speed limit to save on gas, although he's not pushing a particular speed. Warner does cite studies that a 55 mile-per-hour limit would save two percent of highway fuel consumption a day. He's urging the Energy Department to determine the optimal speed.
The Energy Department's Web site says fuel efficiency drops sharply above 60 miles-per-hour. Warner says every five miles per hour above that costs drivers roughly the equivalent of paying 30 cents a gallon more at the pump.
A national speed limit has been tried before, starting in 1974, but was dropped in 1995 when crude oil fell to $17 a barrel and gasoline cost $1.10 a gallon.
Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
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