Additional TxDOT Speed Limit Information
In addition to the previous post, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has additional resources about speed limits. This is especially true for state highways: https://www.txdot.gov/safety/driving-laws/speed-limits.html On that first page you will see information such as:
Texas Speed Limits Database
Here is the official database from TxDOT for speed limits throughout the State of Texas: https://gis-txdot.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/TXDOT::txdot-speed-limits/explore Once on that page, you can zoom in on the map to get more specific information about the counties of interest to you. Additionally, you can download the entire set of data if you wish.
Videos This Week About Speeding And Driving Laws In Texas
This week there were several videos pertaining to situations and laws in Texas about speeding, accidents, and driving laws. The first was an intoxicated high-speed car chase which led to the death of another driver in Dallas County: KVUE in Austin had this clip about increases in speed limit exceeding and other driving infractions in Travis County: FOX 26 in Houston (Harris County) posted this video clip about laws pertaining to driving behind and when to stop for school buses. NewsWest9, based in Midland County, posted this news clip about Texas DPS indicating that they saw at least 6-8 fatal crashes in the Permian Basin alone in the past month. CW39 Houston (Harris County) posted this clip about AAA Texas urging parents to emphasize driver safety to protect young lives: KETK NBC in Tyler (Smith County) posted this clip about driving safety in school zones now that students in Texas…
Videos From This Past Week About Speeding In Texas
During the past week, these news clip videos came out about speeding and other driving/traffic violations in various parts of Texas: This is from KAMR in Amarillo (Potter County): This short video is about someone who posted on his own social media driving over 110mph in El Paso: This video from channel 5 NBC DFW talks about speeding in neighborhoods in Fort Worth (Tarrant County): This video from 12NewsNow shows a speeding-induced crash in Orange Texas (Orange County): This video from KPRC 2 Houston covers two people dying related to a high-speed chase in Houston (Harris County): This video from Wichita Falls (Wichita County) discusses the recent TxDOT Operation Slowdown: This video from KHOU11 in Houston covers debates over HOV lane violations in Sugar Land (Fort Bend County): This video from FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth covers the traffic accident in Burnet County which killed 5 women: This video from KHOU…