Unmentioned Energy Fix: A 55 M.P.H. Speed Limit

[j.m@talk]

President Bush made it clear last week that he sees no quick fixes to the nation's energy woes. The problem has been long in coming, the argument goes, and so will the solutions. But if history is any guide, there is one thing he could do immediately: bring back the 55 miles-per-hour speed limit.

:eek:


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1394648/posts


http://www.petitiononline.com/drive55/petition.html

[ukulele]

I don't know where you get your rummors, but trust me, Bush and is merry men will do everything in his power to see to it that every drop of oil there is for sale is sold before he dies.

[jad1097]

We do not need to go back to 55 MPH.

[j.m@talk]

National driving regulations would be a good idea............... :t

[mireland]

Originally posted by j.m@talk
National driving regulations would be a good idea............... :t

better yet..people who knew how to DRIVE would be even better...:mad:

[j.m@talk]

Thats why doughnuts have holes in the centre ........ So the cops can see thro em whilst Driving, doughnut clenched in teef & trying to shoot out the tyres wiv the other hand :p

Is yas driving test hard enough ?
Do the examiners do a decent job?
Are the cops letting it go to frequently?

Execution for doin' 35 in a 30 zone is an option :D

[mireland]

Originally posted by j.m@talk
Thats why doughnuts have holes in the centre ........ So the cops can see thro em whilst Driving, doughnut clenched in teef & trying to shoot out the tyres wiv the other hand :p

Is yas driving test hard enough ?
Do the examiners do a decent job?
Are the cops letting it go to frequently?

Execution for doin' 35 in a 30 zone is an option :D

it's hard for me to laugh at cop and donut jokes..seeing as I eat about 10 of them a week at the shop(IT'S NOT A JOKE FOLKS..IT'S DARN TROO! ):rolleyes:

[rraehal]

Originally posted by j.m@talk

Is yas driving test hard enough ?
Do the examiners do a decent job?
Are the cops letting it go to frequently?


I have no idea if our driving test is hard or not. I don't have naything to compare our test to.

I think the examiners do a decent job. Maybe not great in some cases. The examiner failed my sister 3 times. She deserved to fail forever and now the state knows it. She no longer has a license. Too bad she doesn't care. :(

The cops around me don't let anythign go except speeding 1-4 mph. They camp out every morning and night at different points on my route to work pulling folks over. I think they get their monthly quota every day ;) .

[ukulele]

Originally posted by j.m@talk


Are the cops letting it go to frequently?



Let's put it this way. I got a ticket once for speeding in Hawaii. I was doing 75 in a 55. The cop wrote it down for 64 and because it was less then ten miles over the speed limit the judge let me go with a reprimand. Now in California, well I don't want to talk about that. Suffice it to say I got a ticket every time I turned around it seems and half the time it was just an excuse to check me out for looking like a normal person. In California you have a better trip if you look like Eric Estrada.

[j.m@talk]

Originally posted by ukulele
In California you have a better trip if you look like Eric Estrada.

Lando gets on a plane to go see his Idol's chums .......... Me I'd Ponch both of em in the head :D

[werz]

Just what has the US speed limit got to do with a Brit anyhow.
You have enough laws of your own to think about.
Living on that pokie little island, you could drive from the top of Scotland to the tip of Cornwall in less than a day even if you never went over 55mph.

[leprechaun_40]

You can stuff yer 55 mph speed limit buddy. :D

[mireland]

Originally posted by j.m@talk
Lando gets on a plane to go see his Idol's chums .......... Me I'd Ponch both of em in the head :D


shut yer pie hole! :D

[werz]

Wots a drivin test?

[fishybawb]

Something to do with golf I think.

[porsch1909]

Originally posted by werz
Just what has the US speed limit got to do with a Brit anyhow.
You have enough laws of your own to think about.
Living on that pokie little island, you could drive from the top of Scotland to the tip of Cornwall in less than a day even if you never went over 55mph.

From the top of Shetland to Cornwall....Driving that would be interesting....since you would need to go underwater!!:eek: :p


ANyboyd know that london has a larger population than the whole of scotland :rolleyes: :p

[werz]

All the more reasons to avoid London.

[leprechaun_40]

Originally posted by werz
Wots a drivin test?

Isn't that where ya check out new drivers to see if they work with yer system?;)

[j.m@talk]

I used to drive thro the London Traffic in order to relax........ :)

I still would but its a 235 Mile (378Km) drive for a 3 Hr Chug :p

Then I gotta get back :rolleyes:

Bout £55/60 in fuel :eek: Kamakaze style O' course :t

[mireland]

Originally posted by leprechaun_40
Isn't that where ya check out new drivers to see if they work with yer system?;)

and is its signed by microsoft? :rolleyes:

[j.m@talk]

Originally posted by mireland
and is its signed by microsoft? :rolleyes:

Cat off :mad:

[mireland]

Originally posted by j.m@talk
Cat off :mad:

I'll chock that up to a dodgy toof!;)

[ukulele]

Originally posted by j.m@talk
I used to drive thro the London Traffic in order to relax........ :)

I still would but its a 235 Mile (378Km) drive for a 3 Hr Chug

Then I gotta get back

Bout £55/60 in fuel :eek: Kamakaze style O' course :t

Easy, don't chug so much on the way there, then you can chug more on the way back. Your odds are better you won't end up in the poke. :D

[j.m@talk]

Ferk em :cool:

[causticVapor]

All I can say is, German driving test....about 10x harder than the average american one...

[porsch1909]

My sister was failed for stopping at an orange light :rolleyes:

That is harsh! :p