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JAYJDF (322 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 04:39 PM Original message |
55 MPH, is that at least one small way to |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. And, it reduces emissions that form ozone and create small particles. |
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shadowrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. Driving 55 |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 04:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I'm still alive |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 06:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
31. Wont fly in SoCal. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
4. Problem Is I'd Still Do 80. You Get Conditioned, Ya Know? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 05:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. After a few tickets, you'd change your tune... |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 05:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Nope. Nor Would I Get A Few Tickets. This Is Rt.80. This Is Jersey. You Know Not What You Speak. |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. I have been advocating for 55 as a protest against Iraq |
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Habibi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 06:36 PM Original message |
Judging from some of the responses in this thread |
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JAYJDF (322 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. so, why hasn't there been any talk or rumors |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 05:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. apparently, americans would rather go to war to steal oil than take even the most simple of |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 05:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Apparently |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
7. I say deport the illegal speeders. |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
8. 55? Not without some Valium or Vicodin! I lived through that once. NO ONE drove 55 mph. |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
9. That's how fast people drive on surface streets here in California |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
10. If you're doing 55 mph you're in much better shape than I am |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
11. So the states get the money instead |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
12. sigh |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
13. Couldn't you make it sixty? |
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jedr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
14. Have an '03 Accord with a 4 cyln..... |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
15. no one is going to drive 55, and that would put truckers out of buisness, bankrupt them |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 05:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. It wouldn't bankrupt truckers, Quite the opposite...... |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 05:51 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. they get paid by the mile.. and can only drive 10 hours a day.. they give you so little time extra |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 06:23 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Sam, like i said, i was in the business for 20 years. I am well aware of how truckers are paid. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
16. great, now if only I had more vacation time |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
17. How old are you? |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 05:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. Fuel economy at high speed has more to do with engine RPM and aerodynamics than speed. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
20. I do about 60 |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
22. Nope, you'd get your ass run over in CA if you went below 65 |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 05:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. you would get a ticket for being a hazard in traffic |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
26. No thank you |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
29. nope, wont do it. not even a consideration. what i will do is conserve |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
33. It will be implemented once we approach the 85th percentile driving it |
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