What are the new Texas speed limits since the law changed in September?

 

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Houston motorcycle accident lawyer explains that a bill passed in April that took effect on September 1, 2011 eliminated the difference between daytime and nighttime speed limits. The nighttime speed limit now equals the daytime speed limits. Until the change, Texas remained the last state to still hold to differing speed limits for night and day. Ypu may not see all of the speed limit signs changed until the end of the year though.

Originally, the lower nighttime speed limit intended to compensate for lower night visibility, and help drivers to see obstacles like stalled cars, trucks, or other objects in time to avoid wrecks.

The new speed limit law that went into effect in September also raised the maximum speed limit to 85 mph on some rural roads. This gives Texas the highest speed limit in the nation on these segments of road. Your Houston motorcycle accident lawyer notes that crashes on rural roads already represent the highest proportion of Texas wrecks, so some fear that raising the rural speed limit will lead to even more injuries and fatalities from crashes on rural roads.

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