Does anyone else think it's incredibly dangerous to have traffic lights on the highways in Austin? I'm surprised nothing has been done to eliminate a situation where drivers are legally driving 65 mph and slam the breaks to stop in time for a red light. crazy (and dangerous).... 06-26-2007, 09:29 PM.
http://www.city-data.com/forum/austin/106507-whats-up-highway-traffic-lights.html
These can be found, to name a few: in Poland, where highway speeds get up to 140km/h; in Texas, US, where a 41-mile toll road between the cities of Austin and San Antonio recently became the fastest in the US at 85mph; and in Bulgaria, where a law was passed in 2012 to increase the maximum speed on highways to 140km/h.
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20130124-roads-without-limits
APD: Man drove 117 mph down MoPac during rush hour. AUSTIN (KXAN) – Austin police cited a driver Friday after he was clocked driving 52 miles per hour over the speed limit on Mopac during the Friday evening commute with a pregnant passenger in the car.
http://kxan.com/2016/01/24/apd-man-drove-117-mph-down-mopac-during-rush-hour/
While about half of the nearly 13,000km autobahn is regulated by speed limits, the rest merely has a recommended limit of 130km/h. A minimum speed – of 60km/h – is imposed, though, to ensure that slow vehicles stay off the highway.
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20130124-roads-without-limits
FILE - Police lights (KXAN File Photo) AUSTIN (KXAN) – Austin police cited a driver Friday after he was clocked driving 52 miles per hour over the speed limit on Mopac during the Friday evening commute with a pregnant passenger in the car.
http://kxan.com/2016/01/24/apd-man-drove-117-mph-down-mopac-during-rush-hour/
According to court records, Etman Samghezli was driving 117 mph at the 5500 block of South Mopac, where the speed limit is 65. Officers clocked Samghezli speeding at 5:22 p.m. Friday, during the rush hour. Austin Police Officers said Saghezli’s Hyundai Sonata was involved in a crash near W. Slaughter Lane and Mopac earlier but left the scene.
http://kxan.com/2016/01/24/apd-man-drove-117-mph-down-mopac-during-rush-hour/
If you’re a law-abiding citizen living in most countries on Earth, the idea of driving as fast as you want on public roads is little more than a fantasy. And even though some sports cars on the market can exceed 200mph (320km/h), there are only a few places in the world where you can push them to their limits. Frustration over speed restrictions is currently revving up in Australia’s Northern Territory. With a vast landmass spanning 1.3 million sqkm and a population of just more than 200,000 people, the Northern Territory became one of the latest regions in the world to adopt legal limits regulating driving speed in 2007.
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20130124-roads-without-limits
Also the south end of Mopac is 65 mph with lights @ Slaughter and Lacrosse. Austin treats highways very odd in that respect I think.
http://www.city-data.com/forum/austin/106507-whats-up-highway-traffic-lights.html
Though, I don't think the speed limit is 65 on the frontage.... Maybe he's talking about 360.. that's 65 with lights, I think. Also I think parts of 620 and 71 (I know just East of the airport) are like that too. By name, these are highways. Come to think of it, he could be talking about many roads all over Texas, with the name highway and 65-70 mph limits with lights. Austin treats highways very odd in that respect I think.
http://www.city-data.com/forum/austin/106507-whats-up-highway-traffic-lights.html
Most drivers naturally select a comfortable speed, not too slow or too fast, but one that will get them where they want to go safely and without undue delay. Speed limits are posted primarily to inform motorists of the speed considered reasonable by a majority of drivers on a particular roadway. Motorists, especially those unfamiliar with the road, can use this information to evaluate how they should drive on a particular road.
http://www.txdot.gov/driver/laws/speed-limits.html
reddit what's the speed limit on mopac austin
The speed limit on Mopac Austin is 65.