here (http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/04/473.asp)

Wow, 130 km/h thats so fast, it must be the only state in the states that has such a high speed limit.

Wow, 130 km/h thats so fast, it must be the only state in the states that has such a high speed limit.

Yeah, Montana used to have no speed limit during the daytime, you could go fast as you wanted with your comfort and safety. Montana is now at 75 mph speed limit. I heard that Arizona was working on 80 mph speed limit, too. I haven't heard anything about it since.

Any special reasons for this? Reducing traffic jams, or just simply $$? Have they done studies that showed no significant increase in car-accidents or something like that?

Either way, good to see this happening, especially in the states this was approved, since there are a lot of long drives (especially Texas) that will be somewhat shortened by those 5 mph ;)

Yeah, Montana used to have no speed limit during the daytime, you could go fast as you wanted with your comfort and safety. Montana is now at 75 mph speed limit. I heard that Arizona was working on 80 mph speed limit, too. I haven't heard anything about it since.

I remember when Montana had no speed limit up on I-15 right after the border speed limit was like 'responsible and something' too bad there were so many accidents and they scrapped it.

California need rising more speed than 70 mph, mostly in rural area or even Northern California.

I think Arizona already approved 80 as the max speed. I see more western states doing this. I think more midwestern states should be 70 like almost all of the southern states.

I think Arizona already approved 80 as the max speed. I see more western states doing this. I think more midwestern states should be 70 like almost all of the southern states.

I agree.

Los Angeles MSA cannot get more than 70 speed limit cuz traffic are so pain and more accident problem.

It should be 85 or 90 at best.

85 to 90 mph in very rural area with few curves and most straights with visible miles ahead, a few cars would be fine, but not in busy urban or rural areas. For example, the long stretch of I-80 between Wendover, NV/UT to east Salt lake basin, it's a interstate that most cars go 85 to 90 mph, cuz it's so straight and visible.

its only in the western part of Texas. The closes it gets to a city is San Antonio. They should also do this between Dallas and Houston or San Antonio and Houston or Dallas and Austin/San Antonio. Indiana raised theirs to 70.

Nice but I think city speed limit should be 75 and 85 in rural areas. In remote areas there should be no speed limit with trucks at 85mph

This is a bad thing. A drive may be a safe driver but that does not mean his car is safe. He could have a bubble on the inside of the tire that he/she can't see. and when he goes that much faster it creates more heat which would cost the tire to fail. And when that happens , it will be a very dangerous situation.

Wow, 130 km/h thats so fast, it must be the only state in the states that has such a high speed limit.
130 km/h (or 80 Mph) is not so high. It's the maximum speed limit allowed in few european countries and this is generally admitted as "the" good speed (on motorway of course !!!)

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130 km/h on Millau's viaduc. (Limit is only 110 km/h during summer time).

"Speed limits" are useless and people basically see them as speed minimums. The speed limit here is 100km/h but everyone goes 120km/h and the cops can't do anything if everybody is speeding. To be honest I think they only pull over those going 140 or over.

I agree with eomer.
80 mph / 130 kmh isn't a whole lot. Speed limits are 68-80 mph / 110-130 kmh throughout Denmark, while most are driving 87+ mph / 140+ kmh.

Too bad there are many morons who drive at the speed limit or below at left lane in most of our freeways

Too bad there are many morons who drive at the speed limit or below at left lane in most of our freeways

That's true. I wish I had a blaster cannon to shoot them out of my way. Some people think that they're obligated to stay in the left lane as long as you're going the speed limit.

85 to 90 mph in very rural area with few curves and most straights with visible miles ahead, a few cars would be fine, but not in busy urban or rural areas. .

Paging I-57 and maybe I-55 as well in Illinois before you get to Chicago. I-57 is LONNNNNNNNNNNNNNG coming from Missouri.

. They should also do this between Dallas and Houston or San Antonio and Houston or Dallas and Austin/San Antonio

I can see that for I-45 between Houston and Dallas and maybe I-10 for Houston and San Antonio. But between I-35 between Dallas and San Antonio no. It is too crowded as it is and that's not stopping. Plus with the way those entrances and exits are and those access roads. You're screaming multiple accidents per hour up and down I-35.

"Speed limits" are useless and people basically see them as speed minimums. The speed limit here is 100km/h but everyone goes 120km/h and the cops can't do anything if everybody is speeding. To be honest I think they only pull over those going 140 or over.

Us Australians often end up with a letter in the mail asking for a decent sum of money, plus demerit points that eventually end up to the loss of your license. The flipside is that Melbourne is blessed with wide roads (there's basically a grid of roads with 3 lanes each way and a wide median strip and many roads have space set aside for future duplication) so most of these have an 80km/h limit. They're impossible to cross when there's traffic though.

I was about to complain about you complaining that slow drivers were on the left lane and call you selfish but then I realised that you drive on the right. It's actually signed in Australia - there are a lot of "Keep Left Unless Overtaking" signs on open stretches of road. It's common courtesy anyway, and there isn't all that much traffic once you're outside of the cities.



One person did get clocked at 210km/h in an 80 zone though.

Speed limits in the US is useless for most people. Most people tend to go over the limit. The traffic flow on I-5 within Seattle city limits go between 60 to 80 mph. They go 75 to 80 mph on the carpool/left lane.

Indeed, higher speed leads to more fuel consumption, anyways.

Here in Illinois,Unfournatly, the speed limit is 65 mph max. on interstates

Speed limits in the US is useless for most people. Most people tend to go over the limit. The traffic flow on I-5 within Seattle city limits go between 60 to 80 mph. They go 75 to 80 mph on the carpool/left lane.

Hell, when I jump on my local Interstate I just hop into the fast lane and do 85mph like the rest of the other speeders. I only do the speed limit when a cop is around.

Us Australians often end up with a letter in the mail asking for a decent sum of money, plus demerit points that eventually end up to the loss of your license. The flipside is that Melbourne is blessed with wide roads (there's basically a grid of roads with 3 lanes each way and a wide median strip and many roads have space set aside for future duplication) so most of these have an 80km/h limit. They're impossible to cross when there's traffic though.

I was about to complain about you complaining that slow drivers were on the left lane and call you selfish but then I realised that you drive on the right. It's actually signed in Australia - there are a lot of "Keep Left Unless Overtaking" signs on open stretches of road. It's common courtesy anyway, and there isn't all that much traffic once you're outside of the cities.



One person did get clocked at 210km/h in an 80 zone though.


God, i hate it when countries like AU tries to strictly enforce the speed limit.

up near where I live in wiarton the cops are much more linient on locals, than on tourasses. Before May 2-4 (Victoria Day long weekend) you can do 110-120 kph by a cop in an 80 kph zone and must wont bother pulling u over but after may 2-4 and before labour day (first monday of september), u better be doin no more than 90. Speed limits are not enforced at all really, most will just give a warning

Cali. needs a higher speed limit, heck they shouldn't have a speed limit anywhere except in urban areas, with a 75mph(120km/h) limit in urban areas.

India isn't too great either, 62.5mph(100km/h) on Highways, and ppl are AFRAID of driving at more than 50mph(80km/h) if that under any circumstance and there are NO FREEWAYS IN URBAN CENTERS EXCEPT FOR CALCUTTA, DELHI, BOMBAY AND BANGALORE. And like I said Indian drivers are afraid of driving fast, except for the ones who drive on the Bombay-Pune Expressway, where there is no speed limit, the accident rate is atrocious, and ppl drive at 125mph(200km/h)+ and kill themselves.

Australia is obsessed by speeding and crashes. Each holiday season the news channels and newspapers engage in the ritual how may people have dies on the roads (a macbre state by state race if you will), and every time that someone has an accident whether they die or not you always end up with some cop on tv lecturing the population on how bad everyone is for going over the limit and how they will not tolerate any misbehaviour from tose who wish to break the limit. It's amazingly condescending and hypocritical when you see them driving a warp speed down the freeway or highway.

Much prefer it in the UK, where if you're on the motorway, as a general rule as long you don't break 95 - 100 mph then you're pretty much left alone. Once you start going up to 110 though watch out.

Even in California I noticed that no one stuck to 70 on the interstates (especially the I5).

Its because most California drivers suck.

In the Uk now if you get caught doing over a 100mph its an automatic ban. I know that about 2 in the morning most people are doing about 110-120mph minimum and no one really cares.

Australia is obsessed by speeding and crashes.

It's almost everywhere in the world. But it's a non sense: speed is very rarely the first reason of a crash. Of course, you will crash harder if you drive faster (E=1/2 mV²) but saying that Speed = Crash is stupid.

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I agree with eomer.
80 mph / 130 kmh isn't a whole lot. Speed limits are 68-80 mph / 110-130 kmh throughout Denmark, while most are driving 87+ mph / 140+ kmh.

yeah i agree too, but 130 not bad. here in bc where i live, the max is 90km/h! maybe its becuase canadians are suuuuch bad drivers. i think that most highways should be 140-150 in rural areas with small curves, 130 a few kilometers out of cities and 110 on city freeways. i miss those days when there was no limit on the autobahn...now they have so much photo radar and the fines are ridiculous. i remember when i was younger with my dad doing 220, it was so great how u could get everywhere so quickly. hopefully more places will be raising their speed limit to 80+mp/h

In the Uk now if you get caught doing over a 100mph its an automatic ban. I know that about 2 in the morning most people are doing about 110-120mph minimum and no one really cares.

Its higher than 100mph for an automatic ban I'm sure, you do however get bent over and raped financially if you get caught by a speed camera because its the Uk police forces favourite past time taking money from motorists cause they dont have to do any real work then.

I have pity with all you people. Germany rules when it comes to Autobahns and speed limits.

There are atill quite some speed limits though. Especially in rual areas the speed limit is usually 100km/h if not 80km/h. Most people drive up to 20km/h faster than allowed.
When speeding 30km/h over the speed limit, you are at risk to lose your license for a few month, or at least to collect points. On the other hand, Germany has not as high fines as other European neighbours.

In the Uk now if you get caught doing over a 100mph its an automatic ban. I know that about 2 in the morning most people are doing about 110-120mph minimum and no one really cares.

the A1 between Leeds and newcastle is the place for speeding. there are long, straight sections that carry lots of traffic but its never congested, so nobody goes below 90mph, even in the slow lane. the police cant do much because who do they pick out?! they can't stop everyone! speeds of well over 100mph are reached often, because you dont realise how fast everyone else is driving, you just keep up with them without thinking about it. quite a few people in the fast lane must be hitting 120mph, and thats during the daytime on a saturday.

In Victoria, Australia, there is a dickhead called Mr Bracks. This cunt is absolutely OBSESSED with LOW speed limits. In Melbourne, the speed limit on freeways is 100km/h, and this piece of shit puts speed cameras up everywhere with only a 3km/h tolerance. Goddammit, drivers have to spend more time looking at the speedo than the road to avoid getting fined. Further more, on the Westgate Bridge, speed cameras are set up on the DOWNHILL SLOPES and depending on weather conditions, speed limits are reduced to as low as 40km/h. On an 8-lane freeway bridge. Whenever there is a little bit of wind, OMG speeds are immediately reduced creating enormous bottlenecks everywhere on the freeway. Steve Bracks objective when it comes to lowering speed limits is not saving lives, but raising revenue from the already out-of pocket motorists. And here's proof: every financial year, Bracks forecasts how much revenue he's gonna rip form motorists.

In Victoria, Australia, there is a dickhead called Mr Bracks. This cunt is absolutely OBSESSED with LOW speed limits. In Melbourne, the speed limit on freeways is 100km/h, and this piece of shit puts speed cameras up everywhere with only a 3km/h tolerance. Goddammit, drivers have to spend more time looking at the speedo than the road to avoid getting fined. Further more, on the Westgate Bridge, speed cameras are set up on the DOWNHILL SLOPES and depending on weather conditions, speed limits are reduced to as low as 40km/h. On an 8-lane freeway bridge. Whenever there is a little bit of wind, OMG speeds are immediately reduced creating enormous bottlenecks everywhere on the freeway.

Speed limits have been like that well before Bracks came into government. I wasn't around back then, but speed limits have never been higher than 110km/h except for the deregulated speed zones which now only exist in the Northern Territory. Any change to current speed limits would probably attract quite a lot of backlash, except for probably the few dual carriageways that exist in regional areas - and even those (including the Hume Freeway) don't have 100% separation from intersecting traffic.

And I wouldn't like to be driving at full speed on the Westgate Bridge in high winds. You do realise the bridge deck is some 50m above the water, and a "little bit of wind" will probably throw your car around if you're not careful?

Bracks forecasts how much revenue he's gonna rip form motorists.
This is what the Treasury is expected to do - come up with a budget, which forecasts revenue and spending. You'd have to do that too if you were in charge of a company, or in charge of your own life.

The current speed limits through out the world are too low for today's cars. It should be 85mph in urban and minimum of 110mph in rural areas.

but 40km/h on the west gate bridge? C'MON that's just a joke. minumum should be 70. this is one of the reasons why huge bottlenecks occur and any idiot can figure out why, but Bracks doesn't have that cranial capacity. Speed camera used to have 10% tolerance which is much better and give motorists confidence.

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In Victoria, Australia, there is a dickhead called Mr Bracks. This cunt is absolutely OBSESSED with LOW speed limits. In Melbourne, the speed limit on freeways is 100km/h, and this piece of shit puts speed cameras up everywhere with only a 3km/h tolerance. Goddammit, drivers have to spend more time looking at the speedo than the road to avoid getting fined. Further more, on the Westgate Bridge, speed cameras are set up on the DOWNHILL SLOPES and depending on weather conditions, speed limits are reduced to as low as 40km/h. On an 8-lane freeway bridge. Whenever there is a little bit of wind, OMG speeds are immediately reduced creating enormous bottlenecks everywhere on the freeway. Steve Bracks objective when it comes to lowering speed limits is not saving lives, but raising revenue from the already out-of pocket motorists. And here's proof: every financial year, Bracks forecasts how much revenue he's gonna rip form motorists.


Are you serious??? 3km/h tolerance, ouch.

Ive noticed here most highways are lightly patrolled but then once and awhile they go will go on a blitz and crackdown for a day. They are still pretty good about it on these days, you have to be going pretty fast to get pulled over.

YOU BET! And the freeways are monitored by FIXED SPEED CAMERAS! To the hell with Bracks :rant:

"Speed limits" are useless and people basically see them as speed minimums. The speed limit here is 100km/h but everyone goes 120km/h and the cops can't do anything if everybody is speeding. To be honest I think they only pull over those going 140 or over.

ya, here in bc, from langley to burnaby, everyone on the trans canada drives 120-135, very normal speeds, mostly straight in alot of the areas, people should slow down after the bridge in surrey, when the lanes increase to 3 per side, thats when it really gets dangerous, just too many cars on the road doing diffrent things, switching lanes without signaling, speeding, driving slow etc.