Texas raising the speed limit to 85

[vancouver-gts]

If this is a repost, sorry


They Do It Big in Texas: House Approves 85 MPH Speed Limit - FoxNews.com

 

[97snk]

damn I need to move there...

 

[ViperGTS]

85? short of light speed

 

[01GTS]

Speed limit?? What's a speed limit.

 

[72hemi]

California needs to increase the speed limit on hwy's like I5 to 85.

 

[red heat]

I'm so jealous

 

[GTSnake]

That's awesome! Planning to retire to Austin. C'mon 401k....

 

[dave6666]

The areas that will be affected are so limited that it's barely worth the effort. Plus, we already drive that speed here.

Soooooooooooo...

 

[costanZo]

This is good news... maybe other states will catch on too

 

[LaViper]

Gotta Love those TEXAN'S.

 

[1994viper]

+1 Got to love Texas

 

[musclenutz]

Dangit,i just moved from Texas a couple years ago.

 

[Mopar Boy]

Sweet! All hail Texas!!

 

[Viperless]

+1 Got to love Texas

+2.....can't wait to move back there.

 

[costanZo]

Texas is definitely awesome. Originally I really liked the state because of the Castle Law they have which every state should have, and now this new law just makes the state that much better

 

[dave6666]

The chances of you ever finding one of these roads is slim. Calm down folks.

 

[B & R]

If your headed west from San Antonio its not hard to find at all, and just to make it Eco-friendly you can see wind mills around Ozona! Drive takes you close to the sight of the annual Big Bend Open Road Race.

Richard

 

[gb66gth]

The areas that will be affected are so limited that it's barely worth the effort. Plus, we already drive that speed here.

Soooooooooooo...

I can't say it any better than that!

 

[Viperless]

The chances of you ever finding one of these roads is slim. Calm down folks.

Downplay it all you want, I'm still moving back to Texas when I retire.

 

[dave6666]

Downplay it all you want, I'm still moving back to Texas when I retire.

I'll do 85 on the way over to your housewarming party

 

[gb66gth]

Good old Texas...where the tea is sweet and accents are sweeter, summer starts in April, front porches are wide and words are long, macaroni & cheese is a vegetable, BBQ is the state food, y'all is a proper pronoun, chicken is fried, biscuits come with gravy, everyone is honey, someone is always getting their heart blessed, and we are all "fixin" to do something.

 

[EllowViper]

Still too slow. We should be able to buy a vehicle registration that has "speed exempt" on the tag for certain types of roads. I'd pay $1k a year for registration like that!! When I used to ride bikes, 85 was right where the bike came into its own. Anything slower seemed like crawling.

 

[Jance GTS]

Awesome! I can get in and out of Texas even faster now!

 

[slysnake]

If it's like other speed limits that means actual speed of average traffic will be 90 to 100 mph. Great for Vipers, but I don't think "average" cars can sustain those speeds long without mechanical problems can they?

 

[costanZo]

Still too slow. We should be able to buy a vehicle registration that has "speed exempt" on the tag for certain types of roads. I'd pay $1k a year for registration like that!! When I used to ride bikes, 85 was right where the bike came into its own. Anything slower seemed like crawling.

I 100% agree with this, and actually thought about something similar to this before.

 

[costanZo]

If it's like other speed limits that means actual speed of average traffic will be 90 to 100 mph. Great for Vipers, but I don't think "average" cars can sustain those speeds long without mechanical problems can they?

I was thinking that too... if you can go 85 easily, no one is gonna steadily be checking it to make sure they don't exceed that unless they have cruise control set for "85". Ton's of people would be going in the 90s on average.