50 Years Since Nixon’s ‘National Speed Limit’: A Tale of Missed Opportunities

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By Aaron ShortJan 31, 2024, 12:02 am308 pts
This time, progress went backwards. But now, maybe, it’s going back to the future. On Jan. 2, 1974, President Richard Nixon signed a National Maximum Speed Limit law that restricted highway driving at 55 miles per hour across the country, yet for almost all of the next 50 years, states slowly Sammy Hagared…

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50 Years Since Nixon’s ‘National Speed Limit’: A Tale of Missed Opportunities

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