Psst - 85mph is the new Texas upper limit.
*MANY* international studies show that going faster does NOT increase your chances of dying in an auto accident. If anything, the Germans have proven that by introducing speed limits on their autobahns, the introduction of such limits will cause an *increase* in automobile fatalities by increasing the speed *differential* between different cars on the highway.
Read this piece from the Heritage Foundation, then get back to me: http://www.heritage.org/Research/SmartGrowth/upload/87610_1.pdf
Repealing the laws of physics again?
Excessive vehicle speed reduces a driver’s ability to negotiate curves or maneuver around obstacles in the roadway, extends the distance necessary for a vehicle to stop, and increases the distance a vehicle travels while the driver reacts to a hazard.