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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
With speed limits, I think you're right. (OTOH, the federal government is only involved because its sending funds to the states, and wasn't the 55 mph limit only for interstates -- federal highways?)
With food safety, maybe it tells you something that the states have only wanted to get into the act recently.
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Actually it is all highways. The deal was these states didn't get the funds unless the maximum speed limit on everything was 55. Of course that law was dropped.
It is the evil insurance lobby that keeps the speed limits down. According to their in house stats the lower the speed limit the less death and injury and therefore the less cost to them.
