Safety an afterthought MT @BeschlossDC Nixon 40 years ago established nat'l 55 sp. limit to meet energy crisis: #WSUpic.twitter.com/byZtFYj9Km
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Safety an afterthought MT @BeschlossDC Nixon 40 years ago established nat'l 55 sp. limit to meet energy crisis: #WSUpic.twitter.com/byZtFYj9Km
Why Nixon sucked MT @BeschlossDC 40yrs ago today signed act establishing nat 55 mph speed limit to meet energy crisispic.twitter.com/8MpGSfsi6s
@BeschlossDC The energy crisis must be over. Illinois just raised many speed limits up to 70 mph. We need to get to Peoria NOW!
@BeschlossDC I look forward to another year of marvelous Tweets from historian Michael Beschloss.A lot of wisdom re: your micro-blogs.
@BeschlossDC @garlandgates -- Liberal hippie treehugger
@BeschlossDC I'm glad that went by the wayside.
@BeschlossDC One of few smart decisions by Pres Nixon. It worked for most. Except for truckers. It killed their profits. Smart move for him.
@BeschlossDC If Obama imposed a national speed limit of 55 in 2014 the cries of "Don't Tread on Me!" would be deafening.
@dick_nixon “@BeschlossDC: President Nixon 40 years ago today signed act establishing national 55 mph limit.: #WSU pic.twitter.com/omG6apC0tq”
@BeschlossDC If today, the Tea Party would howl.
@BeschlossDC classic P.J. O'Rourke: "55 mph? 55mph is the speed at which people of spirit double-park."
@BeschlossDC THIS is the smoking gun.
his one misstep MT @BeschlossDC: Nixon 40 years ago today signed act establishing national 55 mph speed limit to meet energy crisis
@BeschlossDC As kid in '79 rode RT from ME to AZ and in '80 from ME to AZ when we moved there. Hated this law! Took sooo long to get there!
@BeschlossDC Thanks, Nixon.
@BeschlossDC See Tweets prior to.
@BeschlossDC same jerk who vetoed the Clean Water Act. Republicans were vile even back then.
@BeschlossDC We saved energy and driving became safer. #LetsGoBack
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