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The legislation required 55 mph (89 km/h) speed limits on all four-lane divided highways unless the road had a lower limit before November 1, 1973. In some cases, like the New York State Thruway, the 50 mph (80 km/h) speed limit had to be raised to comply with the law. The law capped speed limits at 55 mph (89 km/h) on all other roads. [18]
I beg your indulgence while I wax geezerish for a moment: In 1973, when the oil crisis hit, the nation responded by paying irrational prices for higher-mileage cars, took up riding bicycles and ...
The Federal-Aid Highway Amendments of 1974 was signed into law by President of the United States Gerald Ford on January 4, 1975. [1] Among other changes, the law permanently implemented a national 55-mph speed limit (which had already been a temporary limit) for the Interstate Highway System.
Writing for Hagerty, Rob Sass argues that the era ended between 1985—when American commercial sports cars such as the Ford Mustang and Buick Regal reached the 200 hp mark again—and 1987, when the U.S. national speed limit was raised from 55 mph (89 km/h) (a fuel-saving measure enacted in 1974 [64]) to 65 mph (105 km/h). [63]
Motorists in this area began feeling the energy crunch pinch in late February 1974 – just in time for the national 55 mph speed limit.
In 1974, he introduced the idea of a 55-mile-per-hour speed limit. And Congress soon imposed a nationwide 55 MPH (90 km/h) speed limit by threatening to withhold highway funds from states that did not adopt this limit. It was estimated a speed of 55 mph (89 km/h) used 17% less fuel per mile than a speed of 75 MPH (120 km/h). It was also ...
City streets are 25 mph, county roads are 50 mph, and state highways are 60 mph. That’s the starting point, but you’ve driven on roads with other speed limits.
A standard sign indicating a speed limit of 80 mph (129 km/h), a night-time speed limit of 65 mph (105 km/h), and a truck speed limit of 55 mph (89 km/h) During World War II , the U.S. Office of Defense Transportation established a national 35 mph "Victory Speed Limit" (also known as "War Speed") to conserve gasoline and rubber for the American ...