Sunday, April 10, 2011

Texas Could Raise Speed Limits to 85

Since "Everything's bigger in Texas," Texas has decided that they should raise the speed limit to 85 miles per hour, which is higher than it is anywhere else in the country. By raising the speed limit it will allow cars to get to their destinations faster than before. Since the cars will be going faster, it will require them to use more gas than when they used going at a slower speed. Since they will be using more gas this means people will have to go get gas more often then they are used to and some willing. Since gas prices have been raised people are trying to use their gas tank to its fullest without refilling and raising the speed limit would cause those people to have to buy gas more often, which would not satisfy them. The demand for raising the speed limit is going to rise due to people wanting to get places faster with less traffic, but the gas prices are going to change periodically. Not only will people have to pay more there gas, tickets prices have a chance of rising. Although people will be allowed to go faster, more people are going to be driving faster than the new speed limit causing reckless driving which could potentially lead up to more deaths and accidents.

-Meggan Sher

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