[lowbridge]

Whos up for another Cannonball? :-)

[Blue Jays]

Given your screen name I thought you might be interested in this thread...

~ Blue Jays ~

[razorback-bert]

Just pinging you to read posts about our part of the world that people know nothing about.

[mewzilla]

This new limit better reflects the actual speed of cars on rural highways which averages 69.8 MPH according to sensors embedded into the pavement.

In other words they got tired of enforcing the law.

[bmwcyle]

Ludicrous Speed

[al_c]

On Friday, Texas Governor Rick Perry (R) signed HB 2257 into law making 80 MPH the maximum allowable speed in the state.

Great ... now everyone will be pushing 100. They're already driving 80 and getting by with it. Raising the limit will also raise the margin by which the officers let speeders get away with.

[Ditter]

Yikes! This means Mr. TheLeftLaneIsMine is going to be driving 100 and will try to convince the rest of us that that is OK. I don't think I like this.

[Non-Sequitur]

Driving across Texas at 65 mph is not a trip. It's a career.

[RichardW]

Frankly, I think the only safe place to go at top speeds are in rural areas like Wyoming and Montana without much other traffic and with safe vehicles and tires. I'm concerned about these trucks as well. I'm perfectly happy at 65-70 mph. It also saves fuel. We'll see.

[mhking]

"Gumball!"

Just damn.

If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[TChris]

In Wyoming, it's 75 on Interstates and 65 on other highways. The WHP generally lets +10 MPH speeds go unnoticed. This makes 85-90 fairly common for the speedy drivers.

[af_vet_rr]

This new limit better reflects the actual speed of cars on rural highways which averages 69.8 MPH

If they based the speed limit in Texas around what the actual average speed of cars driving on Houston's freeways was, the limit would be 90 MPH+

[deport]

What's it proposed to be on the TTC if and when it's ever built?...... 85 I think I read somewhere.

Raising it to 80 on the IHs is only bringing it up to what a lot of the traffic is currently traveling.

[RightWinger]

Let's see, 80+8= 88, OK!

[CollegeRepublicanNU]

Well I believe in Michigan the average speed is like 85 or something.... Maybe they should raise it to 90... But then if you've ever seen a Michigan pothole or any of our roads you won't want to drive that fast....

[longtermmemmory]

Remember folks they take the median speed and decrease it by 15% and that sets the speed.

Seriously, 80 mph is very reasonable. It is not mandatory.

It just means those who are not going 79.999999999 keep left.

Speeding citations are about REVENUE not justice.

This also frees police to deal with real crimes and criminals. (ie tracking those missing sex predators)

[mdawgmike]

I wish Illinois would get their act together and follow suit. Our speed limits still remain at 65 for interstates and 55 for state highways, with almost noone following them.

And as we all know below 85th percentile limits = huge speed variences. Theres been countless times that I've almost been sandwiched between the grandpa in front of me going 50 and the SUV barreling up behind me going 75.

The limits SHOULD be 75/65...what most of the people do.