WRIC Richmond News and Weather - 55 MPH National Speed Limit Proposed
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Virginia Senator John Warner is suggesting that Congress might want to consider reimposing a national speed limit to save gasoline and, in turn possibly ease fuel prices.
The influential Republican on Thursday asked energy officials to look into what speed limit would provide optimum gasoline efficiency given current technology. He said he wants to know if the administration might support efforts in Congress to require a lower speed limit.
Congress in 1974 set a national 55 miles-per-hour speed limit because of energy shortages caused by the Arab oil embargo. The speed limit was repealed in 1995.
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