By Joe Benton
ConsumerAffairs.com
July 15, 2008
A handful of people on Capitol Hill are once more talking about instituting a nationwide 55 mph speed limit in an effort to reduce gasoline and diesel fuel consumption.
Most members of the Congress would prefer to talk about something else.
Nevertheless, a Virginia Senator keeps on bringing up the old double nickel despite the 55 mph speed limit’s history of angering motorists and littering county court houses with speeding tickets while enriching local governments at the expense of drivers.
The first time Congress imposed the double nickel the …

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has concluded a two-day summit on distracted driving by announcing a series of actions the Obama Administration is taking to help put an end to distracted driving.

President Obama signed an executive order directing federal employees not to engage in text messaging while driving government-owned vehicles or while driving privately-owned vehicles when they’re on official government business. He also banned the use of electronic equipment supplied by the government while driving.