I think i don't really care 55 or 70 whatever...i drive on i-75 everyday going to work 7pm-7am i beat the traffic cuz i work over night...i don't like speeding tickets so whatever the limit is i'll abide by it. oh and when i am light on the throttle in the stealth i get 27mpg hiway and 22mpg city...heavy on throttle 23mpg highway 18 city

 

there would be a lot less cops if it was a jailable offense,.

 

Yeah, but then I'd run from the cops too.

 

Id hope theyd raise it since cars are getting safer to drive

 

His statement outlines, in brief, the history of the energy crisis of years gone by. Why does it have to parallel the article? The statements he made are true and contributed to the thread, unlike yours. I feel that your negetivity is a little excessive, as most threads that you have posted in as of late contain at least one of these types of remarks.



In my opinion, a 55mph speed limit would be ok in some areas for safety reasons. The real solutions to our energy crisis will be the heavy taxation on all new suv purchases. I mean, if you can buy a $60,000 yukon from dick norris gmc and keep it filled with gas, you can afford to pay an extra $10,000 in taxes so that tax on gas at the pump can be lowered significantly.

 

i'd been hearing about that, but i never heard anything about lowering it

 

thanks for the support lol.

That would not be fair to the families that are forced to buy those size vehicles to fit their family, but something along those lines is needed.

 

It's funny you should say that. People with families that large, who buy brand new vehicles at a price over the median income level of the typical american family, would seem to be the only ones that could afford that kind of tax.

 

Yeah, it's called the gas guzzler tax. Read:
Vehicles that get at least 22.5 mpg (combined) don't have to pay the Gas Guzzler Tax. The Tax rate goes from $1,000 for vehicles that get at least 21.5 mpg (combined), but less than 22.5 mpg (combined) all the way up to $7,700 for vehicles that get less than 12.5 mpg (combined).

The kicker is that SUV's are not included in this. The law was inacted in 1978, so SUV's weren't a factor. Imagine the taxes that would be raised with $7700 for every new large SUV sold... use that money for healthcare, or schools, or Mars!


Update the math skills. 0.18% is a .0018 multiplier. No one gives a damn about $2.5m if we're over $1.4b per day. That's why we use percent figures in the first place... to show how insignificant things are.

 

In neighborhoods like mine, nobody has this thing called "self control." While we don't have speed bumps, we do have a brick street which asshats like to nearly double the speed limit on (it's 25mph, I can only do 15mph since I care about my car). People in commuter appliances are the problem, not enthusiasts.

The only people the speed humps effect is those of us with lowered cars. Soccer-Mom Sally in her X5 just rips over them at 40mph without a care in the world.