Critical Analysis of U.S. Intervention in the Balkans: A Strategic and Ethical Evaluation

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ARGUMENT MAPPING1Critical Analysis of U.S. Intervention in the Balkans: A Strategic and EthicalEvaluationARGUMENT MAPPINGWeek3Assignment #1Joseph BrownDr.Richard FreemanPAD-520April 23, 2013Create an argument map based on the influence diagram presented in Case 1.3 andcomplete all the criteria provided in the exercise, beginning with this claim: “The U.S.should return to the 55-mph speed limit in order to conserve fuel and save lives.”“The law was a response to the 1973 oil embargo, and its intent was to reduce fuel consumption.In the year after the National Maximum Speed Law was enacted, road fatalities declined 16.4%,from 54052 in 1973 to 45196 in 1974” (Friedman& Hedeker, 2009).In 1974, the federalgovernment passed the National Maximum Speed Law, which restricted the maximumpermissible vehicle speed limit to 55 miles per hour (mph) on all interstate roads in the UnitedStates. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, “you can assume that each 5 mphyou drive over 50 mph is like paying an additional $0.25 per gallon for gas, in additional; drivingeach vehicle reaches its optimal fuel economy at a different speed; gas mileage usually decreasesrapidly at speeds above 50 mph”.Aggressive drivingto incudes;speeding, rapid acceleration and

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ARGUMENT MAPPING2braking wastes gas.Sensible drivingcan lower your gas mileageandalso safer for you andothers, so you may save more than gas money.Some studies show that drivers are changing their habits or lifestyle in a number of ways tooffset gas prices. According to anAAA national survey of 1,011 adults in March,consumersreported changing their habits in the following ways:86%Driving less,54%driving a more fuel-efficient cars,33%carpooling, and15%using public transportation.U.S. gasoline demand has been relatively low at about 8.3 million barrels a day recently,compared with a more typical 9 million barrels per day, said John Zehler Jr., president ofVirginia Fuels Inc. of Mechanicsville, a fuels distributor.One expert says reducing highway speeds from 70 mph to 60 mph would reduce gasolineconsumption between 2% and 3%. That could translate into a price reduction of as much as 10%.At today's price, almost 38 cents a gallon.But on the other hand, James Baxteris opposing such.Mr.s Baxter is currently thepresident of the National Motorists Association, which lobbies topreserve the rights of drivers.According to him,Cars going 55 mph get noticeably bettermileage than cars going 75 mph. With arbitrary, low, speed limits, that advantage is reduced byinterrupted traffic flow, darting, weaving, braking, and accelerating as faster traffic beats its waythrough slower traffic scattered across all lanes of the highway. Compare this with a highwaywith a more reasonable and accommodating speed limit where the traffic moves more in syncand there is less braking and accelerating and the slower traffic stays out of the left-most passinglane.

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