“So, while the 85 MPH max in Texas is good news, it's also sad news. It is a barometer of the extent to which the public has been brainwashed -- and browbeaten -- on the matter of "speeding." Few know much, if anything, about the Interstate system's origins as asuperhighway system -- let alone that 70-75 was considered routine (and legal) more than 40 years ago. But they doremember the NMSL -- and Drive 55 -- and so are grateful to be allowed to run 70-75 once more. Eighty-five seems downright sparkling. Except that on that lonesome Texas highway -- with the road straight and stretching to what seems like infinity -- running 85 is damn near boring.
“Ask any Texan.”
http://spectator.org/archives/2012/11/16/85-mph-almost-a-speed-limit
From maggiesfarm.
(I do not drive over 70 except when passing. I do not want to be in 85mph traffic.)
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