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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!unipalm!uknet!fulcrum!igb
  2. From: igb@fulcrum.co.uk (Ian G Batten)
  3. Newsgroups: uk.transport
  4. Subject: Re: Speed Limits
  5. Message-ID: <C1H1zv.2J7@fulcrum.co.uk>
  6. Date: 26 Jan 93 17:31:06 GMT
  7. References: <C189Iq.H7D@demon.co.uk> <21157@acorn.co.uk> <1993Jan26.162345.28953@csd.uwe.ac.uk>
  8. Sender: news@fulcrum.co.uk
  9. Organization: Fulcrum Communications
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  12. In article <1993Jan26.162345.28953@csd.uwe.ac.uk> d_smith@csd.uwe.ac.uk (Dylan Smith) writes:
  13. > I think it was in fact introduced during one of the oil crises to
  14. > reduce fuel consumption.
  15.  
  16. No.  It was introduced in the sixties during the periodic upheavals over
  17. danger.  Castle?  Marples?  The restrictions during the oil crisis were
  18. more severe.
  19.  
  20. ian
  21.