Possible Speed Limit Raise to 85-mph!

Texas may have the highest speed limit in the entire nation pretty soon, the Texas House approved a new bill on Thursday, April 7, that would allow the state to raise speed limits to 85-mph on some highways during the day. These highways are not in major metropolitan area, and the Senate is in the process of passing a similar bill to correspond.

Texas already has 80-mph speed limit on more than 520 miles of highway. The Texas Department of Transportation would be required to perform engineering and traffic studies to determine whether the 85-mph speed limit is appropriate.

Of course, with such high speeds safety concerns arise. Not only that but driving at moderate speeds is more economic, tests have shown that driving at 55 mph instead of 65 or 75 provides significantly better gas mileage. With gas prices at their current levels, that should be a concern for just about everyone.

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