Comments on: Critics question plan for 85 mph speed limit on Texas 130

By: david p

david p — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 13:10:19 +0000

And we complain about gas prices but let’s justify why we should drive faster. Are you kidding me – check the statistics on economical speeds of vehicle in this country and the polution we cause and then tell yourself it is okay to drive 85 and of course we all know that the law abiding public will drive even faster than that especially the ‘no fear’ segment of the drivers today.

By: Duke Ganote

Duke Ganote — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 23:05:11 +0000

WONDERFUL idea in Texas — and elsewhere! Safety features like wide medians and overpasses give rural interstates an impressive safety record. For example, Texas’ interstate fatality rate of 1.25 was better than all other Texas rural roads, which had rates up to 4.95 deaths per 100 million travel miles in 2009.

Unsurprisingly, the safety situation is comparable in Germany — even though Germany is the “crossroads of Europe” — even though relatively-untrained American drivers stationed in Germany do well — even though Germany has transitioned the former East Germany’s Soviet-style speed zoning and enforcement into Western standards.

Alas for the fear-mongers: hand-wringing and radargun-slinging DON’T improve traffic safety.

By: Zach Narvaez

Zach Narvaez — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:02:44 +0000

I travel this road twice a week. It was designed for high speed. I don’t go above 75, because the truck guzzles gas. I feel safe in the slow lane.

By: Ted Marchut

Ted Marchut — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:05:03 +0000

said Bill Graves, president and CEO of the American Trucking Association. “On today’s busy and congested highways, it is simply unfathomable that a state would allow drivers to put themselves and others at risk by increasing speed limits to such excessive heights.”

Has Mr. Graves been on this highway? I’ve never seen it congested. I travelled the length of it a few months ago, and probably saw one or two dozen cars while I was driving.