speed limit raise

[ARIX]

Guess everyone will now be going 85-90 if this passes.

Texas Senate Approves Raising Speed Limits To 75MPH
May 23, 2011 1:31 PM


AUSTIN (AP) – Texas drivers may soon be going faster.

The state Senate has approved raising highway speed limits to 75 miles per hour in some areas and doing away with slower nighttime limits.

Most non-urban state highways in Texas have limits of 70 miles per and can be as low as 55 at night.

Texas in one of the few states with different limits for urban and rural areas and the only state with lower nighttime speeds.

The bill approved Monday allows the state to do safety studies to determine if boosting speeds will be reasonable in some areas.

The bill also allows trucks to travel at the same speed as cars.

The bill now goes to Governor Rick Perry for his consideration.

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2011/05/23/texas-senate-approves-raising-speed-limits-to-75mph/

[BP]

Guess everyone will now be going 85-90 if this passes.

I don't see a problem with it. Do away with limits completely for all I care, our freeways systems are straight and smooth enough to support 100+mph at non peak times. Assuming of course they update the safety inspection standards to check the brakes and tires more closely. Also if you are pulled over for something and are exceeding the speed rating on your tires there needs to be a fine for that as well as a good ass kicking. Then designate the far left lane for overtaking vehicles only, if you impede someone else you are subject to a fine and ass kicking.

[ARIX]

Life would be so much easier if everything could be solved via fines and an ass whooping on the spot!

[hellas98stang]

doesnt matter if you raise it or not, folks always go faster than the speed limit. so why raise it, and have more accidents. faster you go, harder it is to stop or slow down in a emergency situation.

[BP]

doesnt matter if you raise it or not, folks always go faster than the speed limit. so why raise it, and have more accidents. faster you go, harder it is to stop or slow down in a emergency situation.

So the problem solves itself, works for me. Drive as fast as you want.

[RedPony07]

This is news to me, out here all our roads are 75 and the interstate is 80. It has to be or we would never get anywhere.

[John -- '02 HAWK]

This wont effect the metroplex at all. Our speedlimits are governed by the EPA and california's clean air standards

[A+]

why raise it? i mean its cool and all but why? whats it helping?

[racrguy]

why raise it? i mean its cool and all but why? whats it helping?

You've driven THROUGH TX before, right? When I moved from TX to PA every state was roughly a 2 hour drive. Getting out of TX from Waco took 6 hours. running 65-70

[Tx Redneck]

why raise it? i mean its cool and all but why? whats it helping?

Raisin tax money from extra fuel burned.

[TexasDevilDog]

so why raise it, and have more accidents. faster you go, harder it is to stop or slow down in a emergency situation.

People will think this is great until one of their family members is killed by a piece of crap Honda going 100mph. The driver says, I just couldn't stop in time.

Energy = 1/2 * mass * velocity²

[Baba Ganoush]

There are no speed limits in Texas.

[94form2000z]

Hmm I've been driving as if it was 80 already

[LS1Goat]

All this means is instead of people cruising at 80, as they do now, they will cruising at 90. And I don't know what's going on with 114/121 these days, but I was cruising at 80 and getting passed. It's cool with me, but people seem to be in a real hurry these days to go nowhere.

[jakesford]

TXDOT just has the ability to raise the limit, it won't increase in the metroplex. Hell its not even 70 now.