Regarding your question of August 22nd @ 10:16 a.m.
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What are the double nickel rules? As in, ‘’Folks shouldn’t be made subject to double nickel rules, unless they make common sense.’’
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Iain, it’s the 55 m.p.h. speed limit.
The 55 m.p.h. speed limit is the maximum operators are allowed to drive motor vehicles on most county roads, state highways, and federal routes.
In 1873 the 1/2d. (d. = disme/dime, not d. = penny) piece of silver was dropped in favour of the 5c. piece of nickel, which had been produced since 1866.
I’ve been told that all United Kingdom automobile license plates are subject to the ‘’double nickel rule’’ in that all license plates have to show the no. 55 within the complete license plate no. But what the reason for this is, remains a mystery.
Federal 55 MPH has been gone since 1995. States set their own speed limits. However, limits higher than 55 are largely limited to divided, limited access roads.
Speed limits in the US can be any multiple of 5 MPH, including even multiples.
martin
Re: Double Nickel Rule
September 1 2005, 8:04 AM
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I’ve been told that all United Kingdom automobile license plates are subject to the ‘’double nickel rule’’ in that all license plates have to show the no. 55 within the complete license plate no. But what the reason for this is, remains a mystery.
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This is a completely new one on me. The number plates of the various cars that I have owned in the UK (in chronological order) are
QP 6070 (Export plates)
XTT 136S (Same vehicel as above when it was re-imported)
FPC 384E
UKL 344K
RA 51 FNK
Even if such a rule did exist in the, it would not be known as a "double nickel rule" - we don't use nickels here nor does the name come into useage except when we are refering to the coinage used in a foreign country (and more British people use Euros that Dollars)
Beranger
Re: Double Nickel Rule
September 1 2005, 6:40 PM
Xcole is only half right as usual....
Every number plate issued between today and 28th Feb 2006 on new cars will have a year indicator (the 2 digits in the middle) of "55" in addition to the location indicator (SA = Glasgow etc) and the 3 random letters at the end.
See http://www.dvla.gov.uk/vehicles/regmarks/reg_marks_current_system.htm for further info
Martin's latest car was first registered in Reading between Sept '01 & Feb '02