85 mph speed limit starts Oct 24 on hwy 130

Driving home tonight on 820 i saw a car... Dodge platform. It didn't look like a normal state trooper car, like the ones in the photo above of DPS. It just said Statewide Patrol and had red and white stripes running across the lid of the trunk..Are these a new trooper cars? or another agency?

Sounds like a security guard.

[Raskal]

Driving home tonight on 820 i saw a car... Dodge platform. It didn't look like a normal state trooper car, like the ones in the photo above of DPS. It just said Statewide Patrol and had red and white stripes running across the lid of the trunk..Are these a new trooper cars? or another agency?

[MattB]

There was aready a stretch of 20 that was 85mph when I moved out to San Diego almost 3 years ago.

You sure?? I've driven all over the place and don't remember that.

[Big A]

I'm surprised they chose that stretch for the 85mph test. I predict a miserable fail.

I-20 west of Fort Worth, or I-10 heading west would make so much more sense.

There was aready a stretch of 20 that was 85mph when I moved out to San Diego almost 3 years ago.

[ZYouL8R]

I foresee all the young drivers, uninsured motorists, hipsters with shitbox cars they think is cool, and general douchebags in that area fucking it up for the rest of the folks.

Not to mention that a large group of today's drivers have no clue as to how they should maintain their vehicle (tire pressure). While running the stop and go of I-35 the tires have a chance to cool down.

Maybe it will be fine. I just wish they chose roads with a lesser chance of high accident stats for their test run.

Huh? So your logic for wanting to try it in West Texas instead of Austin are the hipsters in shitbox cars and not allowing their tires to cool? God damn, I'm not going to touch this one with a 69' pole. You win.

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Last time I was pulled over by a Trooper he pet my dog, told me to be careful and went about his business.

[JC316]

I'm surprised they chose that stretch for the 85mph test. I predict a miserable fail.

I-20 west of Fort Worth, or I-10 heading west would make so much more sense.

It's 80MPH pretty much all the way to Pecos. Once I got out of weatherford, I didn't see a single cop or trooper. Locked my cruise at 85MPH all the way to Balmorhea.

[ram57ta]

Who pays attention to Speed Limits anyway?

[Stephen]

Glanced down at my speedo on 37 this morning and noticed I was doing 105. Whoops. Who pays attention to Speed Limits anyway?

ftp! (til you're coming over the top of a hill)

Glanced down at my speedo on 37 this morning and noticed I was doing 105. Whoops. Who pays attention to Speed Limits anyway?

[Snatch Napkin]

What would fail?

The whole reason they're using 130 is because it's a toll road and the higher speed limits are enticing to those thinking about using it instead of I-35. Keep in mind the whole purpose of this new highway is to reduce traffic from I-35, acting as a bypass around Austin. If you kept the speed limit at 70, it would take you longer to use the bypass than it would if you used 35, so why use it? I can't speak for everyone, but the only reason I use the bypass is because of the higher speed limit. I'll be using it tomorrow as I go from New Braunfels to Dallas for the game.

I foresee all the young drivers, uninsured motorists, hipsters with shitbox cars they think is cool, and general douchebags in that area fucking it up for the rest of the folks.

Not to mention that a large group of today's drivers have no clue as to how they should maintain their vehicle (tire pressure). While running the stop and go of I-35 the tires have a chance to cool down.

Maybe it will be fine. I just wish they chose roads with a lesser chance of high accident stats for their test run.

[Vertnut]

It HAS saved me an hour on a weekday. I hit the toll road, phoned my parents to see what they were up to, and they were in N. Austin headed home (Kyle, just south of Buda). I beat them there by 1h15m. I HATE using toll roads, but there really isn't a better option. We lived off of 71 and off of 183 near the airport growing up. Now you can't even go that route to save time.

My daughter makes the trip pretty often to her home office in San Antonio, and she comes home to Dallas on a Friday. She swears it's the best $6 she ever spent.

[hotrod66stang]

It HAS saved me an hour on a weekday. I hit the toll road, phoned my parents to see what they were up to, and they were in N. Austin headed home (Kyle, just south of Buda). I beat them there by 1h15m. I HATE using toll roads, but there really isn't a better option. We lived off of 71 and off of 183 near the airport growing up. Now you can't even go that route to save time.

[ZYouL8R]

I'm surprised they chose that stretch for the 85mph test. I predict a miserable fail.

I-20 west of Fort Worth, or I-10 heading west would make so much more sense.

What would fail?

The whole reason they're using 130 is because it's a toll road and the higher speed limits are enticing to those thinking about using it instead of I-35. Keep in mind the whole purpose of this new highway is to reduce traffic from I-35, acting as a bypass around Austin. If you kept the speed limit at 70, it would take you longer to use the bypass than it would if you used 35, so why use it? I can't speak for everyone, but the only reason I use the bypass is because of the higher speed limit. I'll be using it tomorrow as I go from New Braunfels to Dallas for the game.

[Vertnut]

The limit is already 80, and it's pretty darn smooth flowing. Most people drive 75-80 right now, and there are only a few trucks that use it, so you never really have to slow down. It's well worth the ~$6 or whatever to bypass Georgetown through South Austin from 6-8am, 2-7 pm. You pop out on I-35 right at Buda. It goes WAY east, and right past the Circuit of the Americas, and it takes me about 50 minutes, I think. Again, well worth it, and that's less time than it would take you to get from Buda to north of Georgetown if you were traveling in a straight line.

FTFY. I might hit 90 now, but the Travis County Sheriffs and DPS take radar periodically. Not worth it to me if I'm already saving that much time.

From San Antone to Dallas, it could save an hour on a Friday afternoon with Austin traffic.