Bill puts pedal to metal at 85 mph

[Marcus Bryant]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chronicle/7511072.html

[ManuBalboa]

I'd get too shitty fuel economy at 85 mph :(

[boutons_deux]

Another gift to the oilcos. In oilco-polluted TX? What a surprise.

http://news.consumerreports.org/cars/2009/09/tested-speed-vs-fuel-economy.html

[CubanMustGo]

The 85 mph speed limit would apply only to specially built roads and only after the Texas Department of Transportation performs engineering and traffic studies.


TxDOT spokeswoman Penny Mason said it is uncertain where such super-highways may be constructed.


Last I saw TxDOT wasn't exactly flush with cash for building new highways, let alone 'specially built' ones.

[coyotes_geek]

"specially built" = "tolled"