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Sen. Warner, Rep. Va. Proposes National 55MPH Speed Limit
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 441555
 United States
7/7/2008 12:20 PM
Report abusive post | Sen. Warner, Rep. Va. Proposes National 55MPH Speed Limit
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I heard this morming on NPR. If this goes thru, gas rationing will be next! |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 460456
United States
7/7/2008 12:42 PM | | Re: Sen. Warner, Rep. Va. Proposes National 55MPH Speed Limit | Quote |
they claim the 55mph speed limit would save an incredible amount of gas and human lives. It could prevent the need for rationing. I'm ok with it... |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 441555 (OP)
United States
7/7/2008 1:06 PM | | Re: Sen. Warner, Rep. Va. Proposes National 55MPH Speed Limit | Quote |
You will have to be OK with it in due time. But if youn were around when it was in effect in the 70's you know full well it will drive you bug-fucky on a long trip! |
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I Can't Drive 55
User ID: 464347
United States
7/7/2008 1:43 PM | | Re: Sen. Warner, Rep. Va. Proposes National 55MPH Speed Limit | Quote |
they claim the 55mph speed limit would save an incredible amount of gas and human lives. It could prevent the need for rationing. I'm ok with it... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 460456
You've obviously never been through this before. I don't know how it will save lives when I'll be reading the newspaper as I drive because it is SOOOO fucking boring.
If we're worrying about saving gas and saving lives, why don't we just ban cars altogether. We can ride horses and bicycles and save even more lives and gasoline. How about that?
When they give you a speeding ticket for doing 60, just remember that it will count against you on your insurance also. |
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I CAN'T DRIVE 55 EITHER
User ID: 25
United States
7/7/2008 1:52 PM | | Re: Sen. Warner, Rep. Va. Proposes National 55MPH Speed Limit | Quote |
It may or may not save any more lives than doing 70 MPH, but you can bet your ass it will increase revenue for traffic violations (which is what they want anyway). Reminds me of those inane commercials with the hiway patrol officer/drone who says "55--It's a law we can live with" before jumping into his car and chasing someone doing 60 MPH. |
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12Follow
User ID: 433593
United States
7/7/2008 1:54 PM | | Re: Sen. Warner, Rep. Va. Proposes National 55MPH Speed Limit | Quote |
i don't ever drive over 60 anyway unless it's on the interstate. slow down and chill for a while. enjoy the ride. you don't always have to be in a hurry. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 333742
United States
7/7/2008 1:55 PM | | Re: Sen. Warner, Rep. Va. Proposes National 55MPH Speed Limit | Quote |
it won't change my driving habits. Fuck 55, and fuck all the cops that enforce it. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 389372
United States
7/7/2008 2:16 PM | | Re: Sen. Warner, Rep. Va. Proposes National 55MPH Speed Limit | Quote |
it won't change my driving habits. Fuck 55, and fuck all the cops that enforce it. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 333742
so right |
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GOOD FOR YOU
User ID: 25
United States
7/7/2008 2:24 PM | | Re: Sen. Warner, Rep. Va. Proposes National 55MPH Speed Limit | Quote |
i don't ever drive over 60 anyway unless it's on the interstate. slow down and chill for a while. enjoy the ride. you don't always have to be in a hurry. Quoting: 12Follow 433593
Unless you get paid by the load or by the number of stops. Not everyone is trying to "chill" or enjoy the ride, some of us make a living by getting things from point "A" to point "B" and doing 55 MPH would cut deeply into our income. Don't get me wrong, I don't advocate doing over 70, but 55 is just crazy. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 461504
United States
7/7/2008 2:45 PM | | Re: Sen. Warner, Rep. Va. Proposes National 55MPH Speed Limit | Quote |
Dear Senator,
Please STFU and fix the fucking roads. OK? |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 461504
United States
7/7/2008 2:48 PM | | Re: Sen. Warner, Rep. Va. Proposes National 55MPH Speed Limit | Quote |
they claim the 55mph speed limit would save an incredible amount of gas and human lives. It could prevent the need for rationing. I'm ok with it... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 460456
Dear Incredible Savings,
Blow it out your ass.
------------------------------Thank You. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 331370
United States
7/7/2008 2:58 PM | | Re: Sen. Warner, Rep. Va. Proposes National 55MPH Speed Limit | Quote |
What an incredible number of just plain ignorant posters on this thread.
Why don't you think of driving 55mph as a way that the average citizen can actually DO something patriotic. Much more effective than wearing a lapel pin BTW.
"I can't drive 55" sounds like Cheney saying the "American way of life is not negotiable".
Except it has to be.
If you want to waste gas send your son/daughter to Iraq to fight for it.
Otherwise STFU. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 331370
United States
7/7/2008 3:00 PM | | Re: Sen. Warner, Rep. Va. Proposes National 55MPH Speed Limit | Quote |
"Driving 55 would cut my income"
Do the math -- 20-30% LESS fuel cost makes up for the time discrepancy. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 464388
United States
7/7/2008 3:05 PM | | Re: Sen. Warner, Rep. Va. Proposes National 55MPH Speed Limit | Quote |
Dear Senator,
55 sounds fine by me. You got my vote.
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 461504
United States
7/7/2008 3:36 PM | | Re: Sen. Warner, Rep. Va. Proposes National 55MPH Speed Limit | Quote |
What an incredible number of just plain ignorant posters on this thread.
Why don't you think of driving 55mph as a way that the average citizen can actually DO something patriotic. Much more effective than wearing a lapel pin BTW.
"I can't drive 55" sounds like Cheney saying the "American way of life is not negotiable".
Except it has to be.
If you want to waste gas send your son/daughter to Iraq to fight for it.
Otherwise STFU. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 331370
And why don't YOU leave your gadamn fucking car in your driveway so you won't be blocking the streets for people who need to be some place right now rather than when your lazy fat ass gets there? |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 461504
United States
7/7/2008 3:44 PM | | Re: Sen. Warner, Rep. Va. Proposes National 55MPH Speed Limit | Quote |
"Driving 55 would cut my income"
Do the math -- 20-30% LESS fuel cost makes up for the time discrepancy. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 331370
Your are an ass if you think slowing down a few mile per hour on the highway saves "20-30%" on fuel. It don't save shit.
By your reasoning we could all drive backwards and watch our gas tanks refill as we drive. You're an idiot and I'll run your butt off the road first chance. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 25
United States
7/7/2008 3:46 PM | | Re: Sen. Warner, Rep. Va. Proposes National 55MPH Speed Limit | Quote |
What an incredible number of just plain ignorant posters on this thread.
Why don't you think of driving 55mph as a way that the average citizen can actually DO something patriotic. Much more effective than wearing a lapel pin BTW.
"I can't drive 55" sounds like Cheney saying the "American way of life is not negotiable".
Except it has to be.
If you want to waste gas send your son/daughter to Iraq to fight for it.
Otherwise STFU. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 331370
Dear Ignorant Person,
Sending my children to Iraq does not correlate to any fuel savings by driving 55 MPH, and in case this info hasn't trickled down to you it's not a supply and demand issue, but a supply or not supply issue:
[link to www.gasandoil.com] |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 25
United States
7/7/2008 3:47 PM | | Re: Sen. Warner, Rep. Va. Proposes National 55MPH Speed Limit | Quote |
"Driving 55 would cut my income"
Do the math -- 20-30% LESS fuel cost makes up for the time discrepancy.
Your are an ass if you think slowing down a few mile per hour on the highway saves "20-30%" on fuel. It don't save shit.
By your reasoning we could all drive backwards and watch our gas tanks refill as we drive. You're an idiot and I'll run your butt off the road first chance. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 461504
Not how I would've worded it but thanks for saving me the time replying to that post!! |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 461504
United States
7/7/2008 4:26 PM | | Re: Sen. Warner, Rep. Va. Proposes National 55MPH Speed Limit | Quote |
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 464388
Why do I get the feeling that you want everyone ELSE to slow down so that you can pass more easily? |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 464204
United States
7/7/2008 4:43 PM | | Re: Sen. Warner, Rep. Va. Proposes National 55MPH Speed Limit | Quote |
Drunk drivers kill 50,000 + of your friends every year! |
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rancelot
User ID: 240916
United States
7/7/2008 4:44 PM | | Re: Sen. Warner, Rep. Va. Proposes National 55MPH Speed Limit | Quote |
Excuse me Senator Warner, but you are out of order.
The Constitution you swore to uphold does not give you the power to enact such legislation. That power is reserved to the States or the people.
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JohnnyCarcinogen
User ID: 454624
United States
7/7/2008 4:45 PM | | Re: Sen. Warner, Rep. Va. Proposes National 55MPH Speed Limit | Quote |
Drunk drivers kill 50,000 + of your friends every year! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 464204
55mph hurts just as bad as 65mph.
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 464388
United States
7/7/2008 5:32 PM | | Re: Sen. Warner, Rep. Va. Proposes National 55MPH Speed Limit | Quote |
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 461504
You found me out. I give up. Yes, you're right.
I just love going 55 mph in the right lane on the highway and see all those gas-guzzling hogs trying to go 70 in the right lane just so they think they are not being picked up on radar.
I see them seething behind me and I just turn the screws by going a little slower.
Some people jump off cliffs for a thrill. This is mine.
Peace, bro.... |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 464475
United States
7/7/2008 5:37 PM | | Re: Sen. Warner, Rep. Va. Proposes National 55MPH Speed Limit | Quote |
Hmmm...I wonder how many millions it will cost to change all the speed limit signs on the nation's freeways.
Who cares? We have money dripping from our rectums. |
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mj-13
User ID: 464494
United States
7/7/2008 5:44 PM | | Re: Sen. Warner, Rep. Va. Proposes National 55MPH Speed Limit | Quote |
i don't ever drive over 60 anyway unless it's on the interstate. slow down and chill for a while. enjoy the ride. you don't always have to be in a hurry.
Unless you get paid by the load or by the number of stops. Not everyone is trying to "chill" or enjoy the ride, some of us make a living by getting things from point "A" to point "B" and doing 55 MPH would cut deeply into our income. Don't get me wrong, I don't advocate doing over 70, but 55 is just crazy. Quoting: GOOD FOR YOU 25
Crazy? Well how about 45 mph? I do that as the minimum in order to conserve fuel. BTW, before I modified my driving habits, I was paying twice a week at the pump. Now I fill up once every 8-10 days. Crazy? I don't think so. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 464347
United States
7/7/2008 5:52 PM | | Re: Sen. Warner, Rep. Va. Proposes National 55MPH Speed Limit | Quote |
Drunk drivers kill 50,000 + of your friends every year! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 464204
How many cellphone distracted drivers kill every year? |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 464350
United States
7/7/2008 6:00 PM | | Re: Sen. Warner, Rep. Va. Proposes National 55MPH Speed Limit | Quote |
Anytime congress can solve a trumped-up problem by restricting our freedom a little more, they go for it and all the liberals jump right on the bandwagon and start tooting their horns. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 464475
United States
7/7/2008 6:21 PM | | Re: Sen. Warner, Rep. Va. Proposes National 55MPH Speed Limit | Quote |
Excuse me Senator Warner, but you are out of order.
The Constitution you swore to uphold does not give you the power to enact such legislation. That power is reserved to the States or the people.
Excellent point. Of course, the Feds coerce the states by threatening to withhold highway funding if they don't comply. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 441555 (OP)
United States
7/8/2008 1:12 PM | | Re: Sen. Warner, Rep. Va. Proposes National 55MPH Speed Limit | Quote |
 ten to one say no way. I agree. sombody tell warner. |
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Cat Man
User ID: 457876
United States
7/8/2008 1:20 PM | | Re: Sen. Warner, Rep. Va. Proposes National 55MPH Speed Limit | Quote |
Many years ago during the last time our country had a limit of 55 miles per hour I couldn't stand it, it drove me crazy; after having driven all my life at 70-73 M.P.H. I am glad I don't have to drive the freeways anymore, except in a very rare emergency. |
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Skipper1975
User ID: 448826
United States
7/8/2008 1:24 PM | | Re: Sen. Warner, Rep. Va. Proposes National 55MPH Speed Limit | Quote |
lol fuck that..i want more freedoms and less control
~we(me,kalindi,nimai and our unborn) need some help.
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