Speed limit idea said to save gas

State officials have floated an idea tossed out a few years ago like bad 1970s bell-bottoms: reducing speed limits to conserve fuel.

Now, in this age of unbearably high gas prices, could 55 be the new 70?

Gov. Jennifer Granholm didn’t embrace or rule out the notion Wednesday. A fellow Democrat, state Rep. Aldo Vagnozzi of Farmington Hills, introduced a resolution calling on Congress to reinstitute the national 55-m.p.h. speed limit implemented during the 1970s oil crisis.

Detroit Free Press