Though it lasted longer than disco and leisure suits, the national 55-miles-per-hour speed limit was another remnant of the 1970s that did not endure. Yet with high fuel costs reviving memories of the energy crisis of that decade, proposals to bring back the 'double nickel' or something like it are emerging, with backers saying federal speed limits could save fuel, money and perhaps lives. (USA Today, Monday)
They never learn.
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