Lawmakers who ushered through the change say the new law will make roads safer during storms or construction.
On an icy February morning in 2021, slippery roads and limited visibility prompted a chain reaction of crashing cars on Interstate 35W in Fort Worth, eventually leading toState Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, believes a bill he authored, going into effect Sept. 1, could have prevented that."That's an instance when we know there were conditions that led to a catastrophic pileup," Canales said.
"If we're not able to alter or modify the speed limit to reflect the current conditions, safety is in jeopardy," Canales said."It could be a mobile digital sign that you see, oftentimes used on a trailer, it could be on any of the TxDOT signs, it could actually be a physical sign that is laid over one of the original, it's whatever communicates to the drivers speed limit change as per state law," Canales said.
"That pilot demonstrated that variable speed limits resulted in a safety benefit at each location where it was implemented. The motorists clearly understood the purpose of it and as that program continued in Texas, it concluded we could benefit from a statewide program, which is what this bill in September will do," Canales said.
He said that once a month he would get a massive binder with different projects and proposals he had to approve. Approving speed limits changes was among those duties, but oftentimes he found the bureaucracy came at the cost of public safety.
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