Hennessey Motorsports out of Houston went out and 'tested' the TxTag system on 130 on Tuesday
Hennessey VR1200 Runs 220.5 MPH on Texas Toll Road - YouTube
full details of the event and testing here:
http://jalopnik.com/5954826/watch-texas-test-its-85-mph-highways-cameras-with-a-2205-mph-blast
Four crashes on first night toll road opens
Updated: Friday, 26 Oct 2012, 11:16 AM CDT
Published : Thursday, 25 Oct 2012, 10:33 PM CDT
LOCKHART, Texas (KXAN) - High speeds and wild hogs on the newly opened stretch of State Highway 130 made for a dangerous combination the very first night the road was open.
Four crashes between vehicles and hogs were reported to authorities. Three were in the Lockhart city limits and a fourth was in Caldwell County.
That doesn't matter. The state got it's money for making the limit 85 instead of 80, no backsies now. I stopped a guy in the 80mph section yesterday that told me "85" when I asked him what the speed limit was. Didn't matter that he had passed numerous signs posted 80mph as the limit. Folks are just clueless. These speeds will get people seriously injured and killed, especially when they think it's OK to go 10 over. These people are driving vehicles they have no experience to handle should a tire blow out at those speeds. There is debris all over the toll road. I know because I routinely stop to remove a lot of the larger stuff.
What do you believe the maximum safe highway speed is, given optimal roadway and driving conditions? (e.g. no debris, no rain, no visibility impairment, etc.)
Obviously the max safe speed in ideal conditions is beyond the recorded 220+mph.
That's your opinion- Dave.TX's seems to diverge, to where he believes 80 is an unsafe speed in ideal conditions. I'm just curious to know where his limit is.
No, it's a fact seen in the posted story and videos. Fella does 220 and doesn't die the flaming death. Car didn't spontaneously explode. 220+ seems to be legit.
I can't speak to other's opinions, just the facts.
220 in a high performance car with a professional driver and 0 traffic, sure.
… it's probably a good reason to not make it any higher.
Yep. IDEAL conditions. Now with other traffic, speed differentials, etc, 220 probably isn't a good idea. My minivan is not capable of going anywhere close to that speed, so having a posted speed limit beyond the realm of everyday traveling vehicles does not make sense.220 in a high performance car with a professional driver and 0 traffic, sure.