> "cost to society" would be more directly attributed to the increased time of travel That's probably what he meant but it's not necessarily how you have to re

> "cost to society" would be more directly attributed to the increased time of travel That's probably what he meant but it's not necessarily how you have to read the quote in the parent comment. I'm still not convinced that a speed limit of 50 would by a bad thing but maybe that's a cultural thing. My memories of my economics class are fading so I cannot counter your argument about the stability of the increase.