I Can't Drive 85

Suck it, Montana.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/04/08/big-texas-house-approves-85-mph-speed-limit/

 

I remember driving through Texas a couple summers ago and seeing an 85MPH speed limit, specifically in West Texas. May have been 80, but I swear it was 85.

That was some fun driving.

 

The Texas legislature...all the junior high boys who walk into the urinal and say to the kid next to them, "Mine's bigger," and all the girls who get wet over them.
Have any of these idiots thought about the auto insurance rate implications?

 

Anything to get through that state faster is fine by me

 

Awesome! Anything that helps you drive across the huge stretches of nothing is a winner.

There's no reason why you can't drive 85 mph safely in today's cars with side-impact beams, airbags, antilock brakes, traction control and side airbags. Even the average Kia or Hyundai can cruise efficiently at 85 with no worries.

 

If you've ever been to far west Texas you'll understand why this is not a bad idea.

We'll never see 85 on any stretch of I-35 down here but most of I-10 west of San Antonio, most of I-20 between Abilene and Odessa and all of I-20 west of Odessa will be a candidate for this.

 

IIRC, I think there was a study that showed that speed limits don't really prevent accidents, since people normally drive at a speed they're comfortable with on roads regardless of the posted limit. Meaning, the drunk maniac is going to drive 100 whether the limit is 25, 45, 65 or 85.

Still, in these economic times, you'd think that more towns and cities would look at lowering limits as a way to bring in more revenue...

 

Isn't it already 80 or 85 between, say, Dallas and El Paso? I distinctly remember it being at least 80 out there.

 

I think the 80 mph stretches are on I-10.

 

Support an 85 mph speed limit. Forfeit rights to complain about gas prices.

Seems like a fair trade to me.

 

Nebraska should up the ante and raise speed limits to 90 mph throughout the entire state. I have had the "pleasure" of driving through Nebraska several times. It's high on the list of things I don't miss about living in the Midwest.

 

Two of these are already at 80 - 1-10 from Kerrville to El Paso (as big a wasteland of nothingness as there is in the state) and 1-20 from Midland/Odessa to El Paso.

Long, straight, flat and nothing other than tiny towns that might have a gas station. Even the state troopers think it's too boring to wait for someone to come speeding by out there.