 |   Texas considering 80 mph speed limitThis is a discussion on Texas considering 80 mph speed limit within the The Lounge forum part of the General Discussion category; Originally Posted by News
Posted May 16th 2006 7:05AM by Chris Paukert
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05-16-2006, 03:48 PM
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#1 | | maybe this year
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| Texas considering 80 mph speed limit
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Originally Posted by News
Posted May 16th 2006 7:05AM by Chris Paukert
Somewhere, Sammy Hagar is smiling. Texas' Transportation Commision will consider raising the speed limit on Interstates 10 and 20 next week.
The Texas Department of Transportation's proposal would bump the speed limit to 80 mph to better reflect the rate of speed that traffic presently travels at anyway. A survey of the West Texas roads found that 85 percent of drivers regularly travel at up to 79 mph.
Of course, the proposed change has environmentalists and road safety advocates audibly concerned, but advocates maintain that raising the legal limit will make the roadways safer by encouraging a more universal pace.
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05-16-2006, 03:51 PM
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| We need that here, thats what I do on 355 and I never go over that  | |
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05-16-2006, 04:17 PM
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| that would superb if it was applied here, but it won't.  | |
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05-16-2006, 04:36 PM
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#4 | | Thee Azz Kicker
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| during rush hours...forget it...there would be deaths everywhere...
but out in texas...those are main highways across the entire state...and for the truckers...they would make up so much time, it would be great for them...
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05-16-2006, 05:08 PM
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#5 | | I'm drawing a blank here
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| now i know what roads to take when i take a road trip to texas.  | |
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05-16-2006, 05:58 PM
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#6 | | Long Live the Chief
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they should do it.. only liberals don't want high speed limits | |
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05-16-2006, 10:25 PM
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#7 | | Where my snakes at??
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Originally Posted by Thunderstruck during rush hours...forget it...there would be deaths everywhere...
but out in texas...those are main highways across the entire state...and for the truckers...they would make up so much time, it would be great for them... |
rush hour doesnt have a speed limit, NOTHING would change during those times | |
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05-17-2006, 10:24 AM
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| when we took our roadtrip out west, most of those highways were 75mph speed limits.... although they were in the middle of nowhere.... we had the needle buried the whole time | |
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05-17-2006, 12:56 PM
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#9 | | Thee Azz Kicker
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Originally Posted by haunter rush hour doesnt have a speed limit, NOTHING would change during those times |
nothing local to the city would be allowed to go 75 mph...im talking in the outskirts heading towards the city where hitting 75 heading down i80 towards indiana would cause deaths...
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05-17-2006, 01:04 PM
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#10 | | WTFLobsterz
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| now we need to do somin bout those who don't even go above 55 on highways  | |
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05-18-2006, 07:41 AM
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#11 | | Thee Azz Kicker
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| that would be the old fuckers...like the grandma's that cant see over the dash...and old guys with hats on....those r the 1's to avoid....
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05-18-2006, 09:11 AM
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#12 | | Where my snakes at??
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Originally Posted by Thunderstruck nothing local to the city would be allowed to go 75 mph...im talking in the outskirts heading towards the city where hitting 75 heading down i80 towards indiana would cause deaths... |
i wish
last time I was on 80 towards indiana I was stuck going 15 | |
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05-18-2006, 09:23 AM
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#13 | | Tip Top Special !?!?!
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| can horses go that fast ?
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05-18-2006, 02:35 PM
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| i wanna see  on I-90
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05-18-2006, 08:41 PM
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#15 | | Ich bin im Elend
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Originally Posted by krystar i wanna see on I-90 | I wanna see it on 355.
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