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Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act

Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act . By John Flaherty. About the Law. Enacted in 1974 Required states to enforce a maximum 55 mph speed limit if they were to receive federal funding Meant to decrease fuel consumption & increase safety. Results?.

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Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act

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  1. Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act By John Flaherty

  2. About the Law • Enacted in 1974 • Required states to enforce a maximum 55 mph speed limit if they were to receive federal funding • Meant to decrease fuel consumption & increase safety

  3. Results? • Very few motorists actually obeyed the imposed speed limit • Law enforcement officers were supposed to enforce the law strictly, but like today, there was a cushion on the limit

  4. States’ Reactions • The states had different ways of enforcing the law • Tickets up to $500 dollars for speeding (New York) • $5-15 dollar “energy wasting fines” (Nevada, Arizona) • Nevada eventually disregarded the law and posted speed limits up to 70 mph

  5. Feds vs. States • The law states that the maximum speed limits on any road be 55 mph. • Not only on interstate roads, but on state and county roads as well • Most states believed that the federal government did not have the authority to impose a national speed limit

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