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Old 09-02-2011, 07:40 PM
 
Location: Central Bay Area, CA as of Jan 2010...but still a proud Texan from Houston!
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85 MPH Speed Limit Approved In Texas
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Old 09-02-2011, 08:27 PM
 
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Old 09-02-2011, 10:31 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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Umm...
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"It is almost certain that most rural roads will be approved with the faster 85 miles per hour signs.
No, only a few major highways will see the high speed limits, I am pretty sure. I think they mean remote highways. The FM and RR will not be seeing 85 anytime soon.
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The speed limits are only allowed during daytime driving. The lower, safer 65 mph will remain. Trucks will also see their limit restrictions removed with the new measure.
According to the list here, the night speed limits are going away, too.....
New laws
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Old 09-02-2011, 10:45 PM
 
Location: Central Texas
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I can't imagine 85 mph limits on the rural roads that I travel daily around here. Even the speed demons don't drive that fast on them now, cops or no cops, because it would be insane to do so.
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Old 09-02-2011, 11:00 PM
 
Location: Ohio
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From my limited experience with Texas highways and speed limits, they are only suggestions, if you don't go at least 80 you will get pushed off the road.

I was "going with the flow" and we blew past a trooper sitting in the median going about 85, at first I thought oh CRAP but I think he was sleeping, I kept up with the traffic and we got up to 95, not sure if it was Texas or Oklahoma we had been driving at that speed for a long time.
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Old 09-04-2011, 10:35 PM
 
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God Bless Texas
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Old 09-04-2011, 11:07 PM
 
Location: Plano, Texas
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I second the person who said the speed limits here were suggestions.

Only my drive to Lubbock, I was going 10 over the speed limit and people are BLOWING by me like I was still.
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Old 09-05-2011, 09:15 AM
 
Location: Hutto, Tx
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One of the magazines my husband gets regarding trucking (he drives a big rig) said that many states raised their speed limits. Lots of them got raised to 75 or faster.
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Old 09-05-2011, 12:13 PM
 
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as long as there are no accidents
wonder what the damage differential is between car going 70 and one going 85 if there is blown tire or crash...
any place to find that on the Internet

maybe there is not that much difference between the two limits for damage
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Old 09-05-2011, 12:18 PM
 
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HUH? I drove from SA to San Diego last December and IH 10 was 85 MPH back then.

Are the interstates not considered to be Texas highways?

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