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...seemed to be one of those rare, unimpeachably wise legislative acts: the measure made 55 m.p.h. the national speed limit. Since automobiles operate more efficiently and far more safely at 55 than at higher speeds, the limit has in seven years saved more than 20 billion gal. of gasoline and as many as 60,000 lives...
...conservation. As South Carolina State Representative Eugene Stoddard explains, "Driving faster hurts gas mileage. More gas would be used, and that would increase our gas tax revenue." Indeed, in each year since 1974, the states have collectively been deprived of perhaps $250 million in taxes on the 3.4 billion gal. of gas a 55 m.p.h. speed limit is said to save annually. Admits Colorado State Representative Bob Stephenson: "Money drives this issue." Perhaps. Yet it is mostly the myth that citizens have some divine right to barrel down the highway unfettered by law or prudence that makes a good idea...
Legislators in many states, including South Dakota, Virginia and Alabama, have recently admitted their problems and hiked gasoline taxes by as much as 4? per gal. Other states will surely follow. Says David Finley, of the Ohio department of transportation: "We haven't raised our gas taxes in more than two decades, but we will have to now. The condition of the roads has me very worried...
Fans now name children after characters (Shanna and Virginia are favorites). And they subscribe to several newsletters, among them Barbra Critiques, a monthly review by Barbara Wren, an Independence, Mo., bookseller. Sample appraisal: "Love at Sea ... Cute, short read. American gal, Greek guy, cruise ship ... lightly entertaining...
...part by imposing heavy new excise taxes on beer, liquor, cigarettes and gasoline. A fifth of 70-proof Scotch whisky, for example, went up from $11.80 to $13.54. The price of cigarettes jumped 31? to $1.93 a pack. Gasoline increased by 44?, to an eye-opening $3.42 per imperial gal. Consumers will also face increased personal income taxes. Reason: tax allowances will no longer be adjusted to offset Britain's 13% inflation rate...