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During this week's search I decided to look for information concerning the National Speed Limit. I decided to start my searches on speeding through a NetSearch and found that the biggest concern at this time is the repealing of the National Speed Limit.
In 1973 Congress passed the bill which would make all freeways and inte$ highways a mandatory 55mph zone. The bill was passed due to the oil crisis and shortage of petroleum products into the US It was to be a short-termed law until the oil crisis was over at which time the speed limits would be raised again to 65mph.
According to the National Motorist Association there was a total of 54,052 deaths reported on the roadways across America in 1973. That number dropped to 45,196 deaths in 1974, a substantial decline in one year due to the decreased speed limit.
Further data from the National Motorist Association found that the economic cost to society of speed-related crashes is $24 billion a year including health care costs of $2 billion annually.
From the statistics gathered by the NMA, it is a strong defender against the push for repealing the National Speed Limit. I find it difficult to believe that U.S. Congress and the President of the United States is prepared to put into law a National Speed Limit which will most definitely increase the number of deaths on the roadways.
If you look at how much of an impact this will play across the Nation's roadways, statistics from the NMA show that speed limits would increase anywhere between 15-20 mph jump in the speed limit should it be repealed. On a more frightening note, under the state of Montana, there would be no set speed limit. An Autobahn in America?
Though all the statistics show how important our current speed limit is$ terms of saving lives, some opinions vary when it comes to the importance of obeying the speed limit no matter what it is.