Orange County Commissioner Owen Burton is asking for a change in the maximum speed limit for highways in Texas or at least in Orange County. The present speed limit of 75 miles per hour is too dangerous Burton says as evident by the four fatalities in the multiple vehicle accident in Rose City on October 1. Commissioner Burton has driven the stretch of Interstate 10 where the accident occurred and the speed of the 18-wheel trucks makes him want to ask the Texas Department of Transportation to please consider reducing the speed back to 65. County Judge Carl Thibodeaux asked Burton if it was only that stretch of Interstate 10 that Burton wanted to reduce the speed limit. Burton wants speed limits on all state highways from interstates to farm to markets to be reduced. Burton believes the speed limit is contributing to drivers speeding on non-interstate highways, and he has received numerous complaints from citizens about speeders on the county roads. Commissioner Burton adds the maximum speed limit in New Mexico is still 65 and in Louisiana the maximum speed limit on the interstates is 70 and 65 on other highways. Judge Thibodeaux says he is doing some research on the matter before he writes a resolution requesting the reduction of the speed limit. The resolution may be considered by the commissioners’ court in two or three weeks.
Posted on: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 03:18:58 +0000
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