Okay, time to slow down and drive 55 again!

Whereas

The state of drivers these days is atrocious. People seem to be crazier and crazier in their driving habits. Last April I was involved in a hit and run accident involving a driver whom I am convinced was in too much of a hurry. Last year, around November, Sue was hurt in an accident involving an idiot whom we believe was doing about eighty in a forty zone. Folks are killed in road rage cases more and more, usually involving people unwilling to yield, or slow down. Why this kind of hurry (and anger) exists in our society, and is being expressed behind the wheel in our society is for someone else to contemplate (for now.) The fact is it does...

and

The price of oil shows no sign of going down and the available supply of petroleum shows no sign of going up. It is just supply and demand.

and

We do not seem willing to use fuel efficient vehicles for everyday driving. While at the same time global warming is threatening our environment.

Therefore I say!

Nixon was right! We need to embrace Nixon's old program, return us to 55 m.p.h. speed limits. We need to slow down. Speed kills, hurts our environment, and it wastes gas!