The County's Fastest Legal Speed Limit is Posted in Texas

(Austin, Texas) - The running joke in Texas is that no matter what the legal speed limit is, we always drive 80. 60 MPH, go 80. 65 MPH, 80. 45 MPH, 55 because a cop won't bother pulling you over for that little over. While many Texans believe this, it's simply NOT the law.

It doesn't matter if you're going one mile per hour over the speed limit, you can get a speeding ticket because you have plain and simply broken the law. But I'm not here to talk about the habitual speeders of Tyler, I'm here to talk about the fastest stretch of highway in the country that resides in Central Texas.

Fastest Legal Speed Limit in the U.S.

Some of you are aware, but a majority may not be, but there is a stretch of highway in Texas where the speed limit is 85 MPH (txdot.gov). It is a stretch of State Highway 130, that is also a toll road, that runs from just north of Austin to the south of San Antonio. The 85 MPH speed limit is the highest in not only the United States, but in both North and South America.

The only spots in the world that have a higher speed limit are Poland, Bulgari and Abu Dhabi with 87 MPH speed limits. There are stretches of roadway in Germany and Isle of Man where there is no speed limit. If you feel the need for speed, get your passport out.

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Top Speed Limit in the World

So I guess you can say that Texas has the sixth highest speed limit in the entire world. I guess that's pretty cool if you own a Hellcat Charger. Take that speedster on that stretch of Highway 130 and let er rip. If you really feel the need for speed, take your car to a track, or somewhere that's not a public road, and speed till your heart's content.

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