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darktiger · **85mph -** 04-09-2011, 08:55 PM

Cool.....I am excited :)

http://www.theeagle.com/texas/Texas-...er-speed-limit

Texas Nearly Pulls A Back To The Future, Ups Speed Limit To 85 MPH | The Daily Derbi

Texas House approves 85 mph speed limit, fastest in the U.S. - Tacoma World Forums

I dont care what you all say about safety this, or waste gas that... I enjoy driving 75-85mph if I can :)

ClintDMc · 04-09-2011, 09:10 PM

People always gripe about wasting gas at the higher speeds, what people dont take in to account is that today's modern cars run more effectively at these higher speeds. Now if we can just get rid of this 55mph in and around the Houston area.

groovyone · 04-09-2011, 09:21 PM

I sent that to a bunch of friends too! Would be nice, althought I am sure in Houston I will still get the guy going 55 in the left lane like they do in the 65 now.

ChrisTX · 04-09-2011, 09:52 PM

It would only be on certain roads, and there are not that many. The grooves in the road don't get too bad until you hit triple digits.

andyz · 04-09-2011, 10:40 PM

We have 80MPH roads now. That is part of the fun in going to Big Bend.

I can't see taht widespread, but certainly in some areas it is fine by me.

texkam · 04-09-2011, 10:47 PM

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People always gripe about wasting gas at the higher speeds

Getting somewhere more quickly? That's not being wasteful IMHO, but sitting in gridlock is.

ClintDMc · 04-09-2011, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by texkam

Getting somewhere more quickly? That's not being wasteful IMHO, but sitting in gridlock is.

Oh I'm right there with you.

d2creative · 04-10-2011, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by ClintDMc

People always gripe about wasting gas at the higher speeds, what people dont take in to account is that today's modern cars run more effectively at these higher speeds.

My Audi is a 2008. I get the best mpg at about 65.

d2creative · 04-10-2011, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by groovyone

I sent that to a bunch of friends too! Would be nice, althought I am sure in Houston I will still get the guy going 55 in the left lane like they do in the 65 now.

TWICE yesterday i merged on to 1-10 (this is a saturday mind you where traffic was light and flowing at 70mph) behind someone else trying to merge at 40 MPH!!!

WTF is wrong with people?

brad · 04-10-2011, 10:13 AM

Its not faster speeds that kill on the highway.. its dramatic difference in speed. 10 people going 85mph is safer than 2 of them doing 90, 2 doing 80, 2 doing 70, 2 doing 60, and 2 doing 50.

biggin · 04-10-2011, 10:19 AM

I agree... the toll roads around DFW with the 70mph... the issue is the people who want to go 40.

I imagine the 85 mph will be the roads that are already 80. I am for the 85mph...but on the roads that are 80 I am doing around 100 because we didn't see a soul until we found the check points...

Again I wish our law makers would DO something vs dealing with these sill request.

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Originally Posted by brad

Its not faster speeds that kill on the highway.. its dramatic difference in speed. 10 people going 85mph is safer than 2 of them doing 90, 2 doing 80, 2 doing 70, 2 doing 60, and 2 doing 50.

Nikonfan · 04-10-2011, 10:42 AM

I would love to get excited about this. However, it sounds like the 85mph limit will only end up on the roads that are currently 80mph. I have yet to see one of these roads, so I will probably never get to see the 85mph limit. I'm happy for those in west Tx that will get to enjoy it.

P.S. I always drive 7 mph over the limit. So 85mph = 92mph in my book :)

d2creative · 04-10-2011, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by brad

its dramatic difference in speed. 10 people going 85mph is safer than 2 of them doing 90, 2 doing 80, 2 doing 70, 2 doing 60, and 2 doing 50.

There is truth to this.
But the stopping distance is GREATLY increased as speed increases. So when you slam on those brakes, you will have a much higher chance of hitting the obstacle in front of you than you did when you were traveling just 5-10mph slower. And the distance traveled between the time you realize you need to hit the brakes to the time your foot makes contact with the pedal is greater. On top of that, the damage sustained to both you and your car is also compounded at higher speeds.

Buddha · 04-10-2011, 12:47 PM

Something bad might happen if I'm in West Texas legally driving 85, but if someone stops for some reason in my lane, I'm going to change lanes rather than hit the brakes, and maybe even move over to the shoulder, which is legal in such a case.
The lack of accidents on those open roads is why the State is increasing the speed limits. That has been looked at for several years against just this possibility.
FWIW, most accidents happen in neighborhoods at speeds below 30 mph.

mdparthum · 04-10-2011, 01:56 PM

What difference does it make to change the speed limit. People are driving that right now with no fear of the speed limit. Overly aggressive drivers should be targeted for their method of driving. Unsafe lane changes, no turn signals, slow freeway drivers, 20+ over the speedlimit, etc, etc. Drive in Houston any length of time and you will see it all.

The police should just not pull people over for going 85 on West Texas interstates.