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It's long been said that everything's bigger in Texas. Maybe faster, too, under legislation approved by the Texas House that would allow the speed limit on some highways to be raised to 85 mph, which would be the highest in the nation.
At 85 mph, Texas could have highest speed limits in the nation (http://www.statesman.com/news/texas-politics/at-85at-85-mph-texas-could-have-highest-speed-1383090.html?cxtype=ynews_rss - broken link)
On rural stretches of interstate I think this is appropriate. Wouldn't work in the dense Northeast for safety/terrain/traffic reasons, but if trucks can go faster in the middle of nowhere they'll get to Dallas, Houston, and Austin faster and this will be good for Texas' economy. Makes sense to me.
"For people like us who travel that long distance, it could be good" to raise the limit to 85 mph, he said.
And therein lies the motive and cause for the raising of the speed limit. More self service instead of more pressing items up on the agenda. Like the budget deficit Texas is facing.
Higher gas prices higher speed limits more fuel used more gas bought. No surprise that Texas is a huge oil state. What a surprise. You can raise the speed limit as high as you want and there will always be idiots who think it's not fast enough for them.
There are plenty of rural highway roads with no one on 'em...it makes sense...these are long, flat, straight roads.
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