Texas Road Trips Are About to Take a Lot Less Time
Back in April of this year the Texas House of Representatives voted to increase the speed limit in Western Texas to 85 miles per hour. The bill is still pending in the State Senate but judging from Texas’s trend of raising the state speed limit especially in the more desolate of zones it won’t be a surprise if it passes and becomes law. Sports car enthusiasts who frequent the western end of the Lone Star State are happy. Various state level, federal, and independent road safety officials remain skeptical.
Does this mean merely more tuning work for Dallas, Austin, and Houston auto repair shops after roadsters and revvers get done kicking up dust in the west end of the state? Or does it mean an increase in automobile fatalities? Evidence, both actual and obvious, indicates people do travel faster once higher speed limits are in place. Higher speeds do increase the likelihood of death in the event of a driver losing control or the automobile striking something. While any incident that occurs when a vehicle is traveling more than 45 mph has a high chance of causing death, the faster you go the less time you have to react and there’s significant changes in the way a car behaves when brakes are applied at such speeds.
It’s been assumed, too, that many drivers will interpret 85 mph as the opportunity to take their cars up to 90-100 mph and get away with it. It’s the same as most areas today where people use 70 mph to take it up to 75. On desolate highways like those that litter the western end of Texas, the temptation will be a common one. Travelers who either want to stick to 85 or stick to good old fashioned 70-80, might be at the mercy of people using the road as their personal raceway.
What we’ll probably end up seeing in Texas is the inevitable introduction of an American take on the autobahn. On long stretches of two lane highways where the speed is always inching higher and higher a custom will likely develop that allows those who want to race and those who go at their own pace to get along. Cars are getting safer and the precautionary technology that assists in avoiding collisions and crashes is getting more sophisticated. There may be no speed limit on America’s most remote lanes someday. In that case, gentlemen, start your engines.
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