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Toll tags in Texas (OT)

Toll tags in Texas (OT)

Posted Jun 21, 2008 15:46 UTC (Sat) by TRauMa (guest, #16483)
In reply to: Toll tags in Texas (OT) by jbailey
Parent article: Stallman attacks Oyster's 'unethical' use of Linux (ZDNet)

No, speed limits are speed limits. There is a concept of a recommended max speed of 130km/h on
every highway in the absence of a hard speed limit, though, and if you are having an accident
at higher speed it becomes *your* responsibility in civil court to prove that the accident
would have happened if you had stuck to the recommended speed. On top of that civil courts can
raise damages if your speed just was beyond reason, either in relative terms (fog, rain, etc.)
or absolute (300km/h being considered reckless).


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