What truth? The whole article is absurd. Speed limits exist to reduce fatalities, not reduce inequality. Road speed limits in my area have been increasing, not decreasing, as road designs have improved. Distance didn't scale with speed either - the West was settled well before the automobile.

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RunSet 8 hours ago | parent [-]

> Speed limits exist to reduce fatalities

In the USA the national speed limit was implemented by Richard Nixon in response to the oil crisis of 1973. The motive was to reduce energy consumption, not to reduce fatalities.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Maximum_Speed_Law

	▲	zdragnar 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		As you might note in that link, the states already had their own speed limit laws in place, and that the national limit was later repealed. Thus, the speed limit laws are not in place to reduce gas usage.