Raising the Speed Limit Some say “speed kills” but is speed really the killer? The killer is the person who is behind the wheel. Much less just because careless drivers are the cause of deaths in motor vehicles, that does not mean society should lower the speed down to an unreasonable point. In Fact we should increase the speed and let the careless drivers deal with the problems they cause and not penalize the rest. Even though driving 55 miles per hour is more fuel efficient,the speed limit needs to be increased because people get to places faster and save time and accidents are only caused by careless drivers.
Driving at 55 miles per hour is more fuel efficient and the only way we have to worry about efficiency is because Back in 1973 the United States was in an oil embargoed by Saudi Arabia by five percent. As claimed by Tim castleman “our non renewable fossil fuels,like those used in gasoline, are dwindling at an alarming rate.” (US News) That is another reason why we should keep the speed limit at 55 mph, what will happen if we run out of gasoline? The best thing to do is conserve the most we can! As a matter of fact without fuel to run our …show more content…
Even places like the back roads or country roads you should have your own ability to drive at a speed you sure you can manage without harming anyone that is on your way. That is where you should be able to go the speed you want not what you are told because what's the point of a place that is meant for speeding and you're going 55 miles per hour? As claimed by the article “do speed limits matter?” it is reported that “in 1973, when we had a 75 miles per hour speed limit on rural interstates in ten different states,there was 90 percent or better compliance with the speed limit in those states.”
Driving at 55 miles per hour is more fuel efficient and the only way we have to worry about efficiency is because Back in 1973 the United States was in an oil embargoed by Saudi Arabia by five percent. As claimed by Tim castleman “our non renewable fossil fuels,like those used in gasoline, are dwindling at an alarming rate.” (US News) That is another reason why we should keep the speed limit at 55 mph, what will happen if we run out of gasoline? The best thing to do is conserve the most we can! As a matter of fact without fuel to run our …show more content…
Even places like the back roads or country roads you should have your own ability to drive at a speed you sure you can manage without harming anyone that is on your way. That is where you should be able to go the speed you want not what you are told because what's the point of a place that is meant for speeding and you're going 55 miles per hour? As claimed by the article “do speed limits matter?” it is reported that “in 1973, when we had a 75 miles per hour speed limit on rural interstates in ten different states,there was 90 percent or better compliance with the speed limit in those states.”