Today in History

January 2, 1975

Nixon Enacts National Speed Limit

On January 2, 1974, President Richard M. Nixon signed the Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act, stipulating a national maximum speed limit. Before 1974, states decided on their own speed limits within their borders, and highway limits throughout the U.S. could run anywhere from 40 mph to 80 mph.

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