The Trucker Autobahn

Tractor Trailers Going 85 MPH On The Highway: 

What Could Possibly Go Wrong..

This news story has creeped up on us in the Transportation field. It is not one of those regular themes that keeps getting circulated in our industry news sources. Upon second glance though, maybe it should be. I mean the idea of the Texas Superhighway really should capture our attention. Heck, we are Americans. We love big cars. We love to go fast right?

Maybe the biggest problem here is the timing. Lets take a look at why:

• We have spent 4 years in a transportation "police" state with billions of dollars of regulation levied on the transportation industry

• The price of fuel continues to go up and one of the fastest ways to burn more fuel is to ....go faster

• There has been an explosion in new safety rules and regulations for commercial vehicles from The Department of Transportation

 I mean it bucks the trend. The image of the highway system is one of highways backed up for miles. Inspection stations that electronically talk so that the public is safe from the "big bad trucker" blazing down the road in their fuel guzzlers while the rest of us putt along in their wake.

But here is an open road where you can legally roar by at high speed. Forget that higher speed means more fatalities, your getting somewhere faster. Maybe this could be a tourist attraction. Just like visiting a water park you could visit the Lone Star Autobahn and go really really fast.

Think about it: no one ever drives the speed limit. So if the limit is 85 you can go at least 90 without getting a ticket, probably even a 100. There will be some that speed no matter what. I bet you could get up to 105 or 110 before you get pulled. 

What could possibly go wrong with cars and multi ton trucks going over 100 miles per hour on road?

 

http://rumors.automobilemag.com/new-texas-toll-road-has-85-mph-speed-limit-good-idea-169147.html

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/09/10/4806353/new-lone-star-state-speed-limit.html

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