Committee
The
on Accident
55 Miles
and
Poison
per Hour
Prevention
Maximum
When
the 55 mph national
speed
limit
became
a
law in 1973, the first significant
reduction
in the
number
of highway
deaths
in this country
occurred.
When
this
speed
limit
has been
maintained,
the
Joseph
number
ries
has
Avrin
Barry
M. Overbach,
H. Rumack,
MD
MD
Mark
D. Widome,
MD
of automobile
continued
statistics’
indicate
being
exceeded,
cidents
are
States
that
the
and
again
is in the
accident
decrease.
to
the
legal
number
beginning
midst
of attempts
of automobile
to rise.24
of a worse
the one which
prompted
mph
speed
limit
in 1973,
aware
fatalities
and injuHowever,
recent
speed
limit is again
to
The
energy
energy
United
crisis
the enactment
and we should
save
acthan
of the 55
be more
as well
as save
lives.
The
cidence
Committee
of mortality
published
comments
on the
and morbidity
in automobile
accidents
and the
1977 newsletters.5’6
Committee
speed
limit
in its 1975 and
Because
of recent
statistics,
wishes
to
reemphasize
its
in-
1976the
previous
accidents,
should
accident
education
injuries,
make
every
prevention
of pediatric
COMMITTEE
H. James
Members
D. Armstrong,
Poison
Health
Diane
Andre
MD
MD
Ng, MD
National
Clearinghouse
Control
Centers
and
and Human
Services
Imhulse,
National
l’Archeveque,
MD,
ciety
H. Biemann
Otherson,
US
for
Department
of
Safety
Council
Canadian
Paediatric
Jr,
MD,
Section
So-
on Surgery
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Facts.
Chicago,
National
Safety
Council,
1979,
p
53
The
Committee
strongly
endorses
maximum
speed
limit
of 55 mph
method
of lowering
the
incidence
Lorne
Liaison
George
Limit
MD
S. Mclntire,
S. Krassner,
Chi Wing
1. Accident
statements.
TION
Greensher,
Matilda
Leonard
Raymond
Speed
ON
and
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Pediatricians
effort
to reinforce
this form
by personal
example
and
patients
and their
parents.
ACCIDENT
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This
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The 55 Miles per Hour Maximum Speed Limit
H. James Holroyd, Lorne K. Garrettson, Joseph Greensher, Matilda S. McIntire, Leonard S.
Krassner, Raymond Chi Wing Ng, Avrin M. Overbach, Barry H. Rumack, Mark D.
Widome, George D. Armstrong, Andre l'Archeveque and H. Biemann Otherson, Jr
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The 55 Miles per Hour Maximum Speed Limit
H. James Holroyd, Lorne K. Garrettson, Joseph Greensher, Matilda S. McIntire, Leonard S.
Krassner, Raymond Chi Wing Ng, Avrin M. Overbach, Barry H. Rumack, Mark D.
Widome, George D. Armstrong, Andre l'Archeveque and H. Biemann Otherson, Jr
Pediatrics 1981;67;304
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PEDIATRICS is the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. A monthly publication,
it has been published continuously since 1948. PEDIATRICS is owned, published, and trademarked
by the American Academy of Pediatrics, 141 Northwest Point Boulevard, Elk Grove Village,
Illinois, 60007. Copyright © 1981 by the American Academy of Pediatrics. All rights reserved. Print
ISSN: 0031-4005. Online ISSN: 1098-4275.
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