Driving 85 MPH Could Soon Be a Legal Reality On Some Texas Highways

[NSCRFN3]

Originally Posted by wrbear

They immediately pull over to the right hand lane for faster traffic and stay there until they want to pass!

Now there's a new idea! lol No shot of that happening around Dallas. lol

[TOMS1SS]

Wasn't too long ago that a lot of the freeways and interstates AZ were unrestricted. 120 MPH makes for fast trips down the I-10 to LA.

[Sevn86]

Originally Posted by wrbear

I really like driving in Europe. They immediately pull over to the right hand lane for faster traffic and stay there until they want to pass!

Me too, we should have our states apply the same rules. It would make commuting so much quicker.

[Sevn86]

Originally Posted by fielderLS3

The "trucks" in NASCAR are purpose built races cars with a fiberglass shell that vaguely resembles the body of a truck. Real trucks and SUV's simply aren't built for speed, either aerodynamically or chassis-wise. 100-120 in a Camaro would be leisurely, but could you imagine trying to do that in a Hummer, or Jeep Wrangler, or heavy duty pickup?

If I go past 90 in our 08 jeep and you can feel it becoming unsafe at those speeds. Its like its going to loose control any second.

[Dangeruss]

Can someone please call our lawmakers and pass this before the fest?

[Sevn86]

Originally Posted by Dangeruss

Can someone please call our lawmakers and pass this before the fest?

lol...seriously! Like I said im all for it.

[LimaCharlie]

85 MPH speed limits would help shorten the LONG drive between El Paso and San Antonio on I-10.

[DGthe3]

Originally Posted by Sevn86

Click on the link below:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_locald...imit-to-85-mph

Im all for it as long as they make it illegal for you to drive that fast and still talk and text behind the wheel.

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[Sevn86]

Originally Posted by DGthe3

merged and moved

Sorry didn't realize it was posted already. Oops.

[LostInMoscow]

Originally Posted by wrbear

I really like driving in Europe. They immediately pull over to the right hand lane for faster traffic and stay there until they want to pass!

Obviously, you've never driven in Russia or Ukraine!

BTW, Ukraine is the biggest country that is completely in Europe, and Texas is bigger! Just food for thought.

[wrbear]

Originally Posted by LostInMoscow

Obviously, you've never driven in Russia or Ukraine!

BTW, Ukraine is the biggest country that is completely in Europe, and Texas is bigger! Just food for thought.

Good point I generalized. I meant the Europe most people think of when someone in the states say's "Europe" like Spain, Italy, France, etc. Ever ask someone if they have been to Europe? Most reply's are yes! and the aforementioned...lol

[hot_rod]

I see threads / people talking about moving to Texas. While it is true we have a few roads with decent speed limits and they are considering adding more......

STOP! Do not come to Texas.!

Texas is full, there are no vacancies.

If you do come you better give some thought to such things as:scorpions, rattlesnakes, fire ants, cockroaches on steroids, killer bees, mosquitoes, ticks, chiggers, tarantulas, brown recluse spiders, love bugs, swarming crickets, copperheads, cottonmouths, rabid skunks, wild hogs, alligators, oppressive heat & humidity, bleak desolate scenery, dirty beaches, polluted air, dust storms, drought, wildfires, water shortages, recurring floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, rednecks, huge piles of flaming mulch, spontaneously combusting playgrounds, roads hot as flowing lava, the stench of natural and unnatural gasses, amoebic meningitis lurking in area lakes, recurring ebola virus outbreaks, flesh eating bacteria, staggering homeowner insurance rates, unbelievably high property taxes, mandatory death sentences for DUI convictions.


In addition to the above did ya know:

• There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in Texas.
• There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in Texas, plus a couple no one's seen before.
• If it grows, it'll stick ya. If it crawls, it'll bite cha.

Some folks say Texan's have an attitude towards "northerns", aka Yankees , might be true and (probably goes back to the "Carpet Baggers"). A while back the Austin newspaper conducted a survey to determine what the most popular bumper sticker was,

results:
#1"Welcome to Austin now go home"
#2 "If you love New York then get your ass out of Texas".

We also have our own language here but that's whole n'other post.

So I'll close and leave ya with our state motto:

"Don't Mess with Texas."

[Shadowsong]

Unfortunately, some Texans will never see this unless they take road trips, I45 From Huntsville to Galveston is still, and more then likely will stay 65... the least they could do is bump it up to 70... either just before or Just after Huntsville it jumps to 70, but not in the Woodlands/Conroe/Houston area.

[Sevn86]

Originally Posted by hot_rod

I see threads / people talking about moving to Texas. While it is true we have a few roads with decent speed limits and they are considering adding more......

STOP! Do not come to Texas.!

Texas is full, there are no vacancies.

If you do come you better give some thought to such things as:scorpions, rattlesnakes, fire ants, cockroaches on steroids, killer bees, mosquitoes, ticks, chiggers, tarantulas, brown recluse spiders, love bugs, swarming crickets, copperheads, cottonmouths, rabid skunks, wild hogs, alligators, oppressive heat & humidity, bleak desolate scenery, dirty beaches, polluted air, dust storms, drought, wildfires, water shortages, recurring floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, rednecks, huge piles of flaming mulch, spontaneously combusting playgrounds, roads hot as flowing lava, the stench of natural and unnatural gasses, amoebic meningitis lurking in area lakes, recurring ebola virus outbreaks, flesh eating bacteria, staggering homeowner insurance rates, unbelievably high property taxes, mandatory death sentences for DUI convictions.


In addition to the above did ya know:

• There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in Texas.
• There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in Texas, plus a couple no one's seen before.
• If it grows, it'll stick ya. If it crawls, it'll bite cha.

Some folks say Texan's have an attitude towards "northerns", aka Yankees , might be true and (probably goes back to the "Carpet Baggers"). A while back the Austin newspaper conducted a survey to determine what the most popular bumper sticker was,

results:
#1"Welcome to Austin now go home"
#2 "If you love New York then get your ass out of Texas".

We also have our own language here but that's whole n'other post.

So I'll close and leave ya with our state motto:

"Don't Mess with Texas."