Another reason to move to Texas
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Another reason to move to Texas
Sounds to me like their may not be a need to go loop de loop around the race track.
State lawmakers debate raising speed limit to 85 mph
State lawmakers debate raising speed limit to 85 mph
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) — Driving 85 miles an hour could soon be a legal reality on some Texas highways. The state house has passed a bill that would give the Department of Transportation power to raise the speed limit.
The action could only be taken after engineering tests and traffic studies were done, but Jerry Johns, with the Insurance Institute, doesn't like the idea. "The higher the speed limit the more accidents there are, the more injuries, more deaths there are," he said. "This is just going to have the potential to raise the injury and the death rate on those roads where they're gonna allow an 85 mile an hour speed limit."
Garry Biller, with the National Motorist Association, says if people are driving 85 now then the speed is safe. "Studies by traffic engineers have shown that that [85 mph] is the, believe it or not, the safest speed to be traveling on a given stretch of road."
The bill also gives the option of raising the speed limit to 85 mph in designated lanes on a highway that has a lower posted speed limit.
A similar bill is up for a vote in the Senate. If it passes, Texas would have the highest speed limit in the nation.
The action could only be taken after engineering tests and traffic studies were done, but Jerry Johns, with the Insurance Institute, doesn't like the idea. "The higher the speed limit the more accidents there are, the more injuries, more deaths there are," he said. "This is just going to have the potential to raise the injury and the death rate on those roads where they're gonna allow an 85 mile an hour speed limit."
Garry Biller, with the National Motorist Association, says if people are driving 85 now then the speed is safe. "Studies by traffic engineers have shown that that [85 mph] is the, believe it or not, the safest speed to be traveling on a given stretch of road."
The bill also gives the option of raising the speed limit to 85 mph in designated lanes on a highway that has a lower posted speed limit.
A similar bill is up for a vote in the Senate. If it passes, Texas would have the highest speed limit in the nation.
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Re: Another reason to move to Texas
Originally Posted by Erzer
Sounds to me like their may not be a need to go loop de loop around the race track.
State lawmakers debate raising speed limit to 85 mph
State lawmakers debate raising speed limit to 85 mph
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Re: Another reason to move to Texas
The interesting thing about this possibility is that most everyone drives +10 mph compared to the posted speed limit already. And that's pretty much universal everywhere I've been in the USA with the exception of Ohio. I've been informed on multiple occasions in Ohio that the posted speed limit is THE SPEED LIMIT!!!
So would this mean that in Texas, with a posted speed of 85 mph, I could get away with 95 mph and not be ticketed. YOWSER!!!!
Higher posted speeds just mean higher driving speeds. That's really the main issue across the entire country for the insurance carriers. The speed limit isn't consistently enforced - unless it's a school zone!
Hell, folks don't even stop at STOP SIGNS!!! And nevermind a RED LIGHT!!! These are threadlines in & by themselves!!!
Oh well, I never pay much attention to posted speed limits anyway. I figure posted speed limits are for the vast majority that are incapable of handling a car at high speed and that doesn't apply to me!!!!!!
So would this mean that in Texas, with a posted speed of 85 mph, I could get away with 95 mph and not be ticketed. YOWSER!!!!
Higher posted speeds just mean higher driving speeds. That's really the main issue across the entire country for the insurance carriers. The speed limit isn't consistently enforced - unless it's a school zone!
Hell, folks don't even stop at STOP SIGNS!!! And nevermind a RED LIGHT!!! These are threadlines in & by themselves!!!
Oh well, I never pay much attention to posted speed limits anyway. I figure posted speed limits are for the vast majority that are incapable of handling a car at high speed and that doesn't apply to me!!!!!!
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