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Put the pedal to the metal, if you’re driving in Montana. That state is about to abandon the little loved 65mpb speed limit and,

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问题     Put the pedal to the metal, if you’re driving in Montana. That state is about to abandon the little loved 65mpb speed limit and, indeed, any limit at all. The state’s regulators have been wanting to do this for years, but until now were prevented by a federal law passed 22 years ago.
    The end came on November 28th, when a new federal highway bill was signed into law by President Clinton. The president admitted misgivings, perhaps because his own father had been killed in a road accident, but it was clear that a veto would have been most unpopular. The old speed limit was "about the most disregarded law in America", notes Csaba Csere. editor of Car Driver magazine, A recent study, he said, found that the average speed on interstate highways in Michigan was 74mph. Until this week, the official limit was 55mph on urban freeways and 65mph on rural expressways.
    Out west, where a motorist may travel 100 miles without seeing another car, nine states will immediately jump to at least 70mph, and Nevada, Wyoming and Kansas will go to 75mph; in Montana it is any speed you like in the daytime (though lorries must still keep to 65). Farther east, where traffic is denser and the weather less reliable, some states are likely to keep to 55 to 65mph.
    The national speed limit was passed in 1973 when the first oil crisis had almost trebled fuel prices. In 1974, congress ordered a 50mph limit, raised to 55 when the oil crisis had passed. But by then safety enthusiasts were arguing that lower speed limits would sharply reduce road deaths, and they continued to arger their case even as Mr Cliton signed the bill this week. The change is "equivalent to a death sentence to thousands of Americans", says Joan Claybrook, a former head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
According to Csaba Csere, a recent study suggested ______.
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答案the old speed limit is disregarded
解析 本题问的是最近的调查表明了什么。在第二段的结尾，可以看到：A recent study found that average speed on interstate highways in Michigan was 74mph．Until this week，the official limit was 55mph on urban freeways and 65mph on rural expressways．(在密执安州州际公路上行驶的车辆的平均速度是74/小时，但直到本周，城市车道的法定时速限制是55公里川、时，乡村高速公路是65英里小时)这句话具体告诉了调查的内容，但这是现象，由现象我们发现实际车速比法定的要高许多，即：人们忽视了时速限定法。其实，这个结论在前面也可以找到原话：The old speed limit was“about the most disregarded”law in American．
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