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Lower Speed Limit Proposed In Kansas
State officials are considering lowering the speed limit on Kansas highways from 70 miles per hour to 65 mph Reporter: Associated PressEmail Address: news@kake.com |
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It seems to me that everyone in favor of reducing the speed limit is forgetting a very crucial part of the issue- a speed limit is exactly that: a limit. Those who are willing to sacrifice time for a (minimally) smaller gas bill can do just that with the laws in place now. Those who want to reduce emissions with a lower speed limit need to consider the number and efficiency of cars this would effect relative to the millions of cars in countries with no emissions regulations. While I do believe we need to be environmentally conscious, I also believe there are much more relevant issues that merit attention. The development and implementation of new energy technologies and sources (especially in the private sector) would be a much more worthy cause for our time and tax dollars as opposed to a 5mph speed limit decrease on a limited number of Kansas highways. Perhaps my conclusion is a bit of a stretch, but perhaps the proposed change is a bit inconsequential.
VD maybe you should do a little research. The reason the Governor vetoed it in the first place was because Kansas wasn't the one getting most of the power from it. Colorado was! Colorado couldn't put another one in that area (Kansas Colorado line) because they are already at their limits with emissions. Thus the push to put one in Kansas. Come on people read up. That's what's really wrong with this country. Everyone OUT for themselves and forget about everyone else. That and the need to be there RIGHT now instead of a few minutes later!
vd, I know the legislature voted for the coal plants, the best legislature money can buy spent lots of your tax money backing a carbon and other polutant belching plant that would be to provide power to colorado because they are already at their polution limits. why regulate my car so snowbunnies can have big fires in their hotels?
I just wish that they would enforce the speed limits we already have and fix things like the stop lights so that we don't sit so long.
to all right wing nuts please kill your self,family,
Fix the stupid stop lights. Ever wonder how much fuel is wasted stopping and starting at one red light after another? Now multiply that number by millions of cars at thousands of intersections hundreds of times a day. Of course, that would require government workers to solve a problem - taxes and regulation are much easier.
cliff, the legislature voted for coal fired plants. The governor vetoed it. Don't blame the legislative branch of our government, blame kathy (Algore) sebillius.You get what you vote for.
I don't think that it should be lowered because it's goin to cause to much traffic clutter and some people drive slow enough for the ones who don't and if it is lowered more people will be getting speeding tickets but i guess that's what the cops want so they can get more money.
I don't know about anyone else's car but mine gets much better mileage when I am going faster, NOT slower! We need to vote out anyone who goes for this pandering.
Make it unlimited. The faster one can get out of this wretched state,the better.Screw the warmers Kansas needs a huge asteroid impact
Lower it? HELL NO! Raise that puppy to 75 like it is in Colorado. If you want to lower emissions in Kansas see if there is anyway to magically eliminate that vast void of desert that exists beyond Wilson and lasts till the Colorado border. Fact is, that stretch should be 100mph. Cripes amighty! Clean
From the comments, all things in Kansas must revolve around Wichita.You people are part of the problem because you keep voting in the liberal politicans that keep coming up with type of people control that is driving our state and country into third world status. Think about it. Most all large cities in Kansas vote liberal and it is killing our state and economy because the people want all the FREE stuff from our government.FREE healthcare, FREE education, FREE money, FREE this, FREE that. Remember, anything the government gives, it will take away at some point in time.When your lights go out, thank a liberal because we have to save the planet because coal powerplants are bad for your planet but it is ok to stumble around in the dark and eat rotten food because your freezer won't work.Think about it the next time you vote. All things have a price, your freedom or FREE stuff with people control. Can't have it both ways.
Those ignorant of history are doomed to relive the worst parts of it. I really do not wish to relive the '70s, and yet it appears that we're going to be forced to. The energy savings will be marginal, and the "safety" argument was debunked 20 years ago. If you want to go slower, go ahead. (Just stay in the right lane) But please stop forcing your political vanity on the rest of us.
65 is too slow. For that matter, 70 is too slow. I remember driving on the Kansas Turnpike 50 years ago at 80 in a car that was neolithic compared to today's cars with their stronger, but lighter construction using disc brakes, independent suspensions and radial tires-- none of which were available on US produced cars then. I admit that US drivers have not improved in that time; but that is a licensing problem, not a speed limit problem. Modern high speed roads with artificially low limits that are exceeded by most drivers are more dangerous, not less. And, with the constant speeding up and slowing down; cause average gas consumption to increase, not decline. It causes clumping of cars in congested groups, bumper to bumper with long empty stretches of road in between; and, in those portable parking lots, where the most are desperately trying to get around the few, the constant and abrupt changing of speeds and lanes creates dangerous and unpleasant conditions for all.
start by raising the mpg on cars it dont cause traffic jams.