{"id":5035,"date":"2011-11-04T11:56:49","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T18:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/?p=5035"},"modified":"2013-03-15T11:09:33","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T18:09:33","slug":"texas-dot-begins-removal-of-nighttime-65-mph-speed-limit-on-lubbock-district-roadways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/5035\/texas-dot-begins-removal-of-nighttime-65-mph-speed-limit-on-lubbock-district-roadways\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas DOT Begins Removal of Nighttime 65 MPH Speed Limit on Lubbock District Roadways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LUBBOCK, TX &#8211; House Bill 1353, which took effect on September 1, eliminates the 65-mile per hour nighttime speed limit and all truck speed limits on Texas roadways.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5038\" title=\"txdot logo_1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/txdot-logo_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"481\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/txdot-logo_1.png 300w, https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/txdot-logo_1-150x94.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This week, contractors began removing 950 nighttime and 1050 truck and truck nighttime speed signs in the Lubbock District&#8217;s 17 county area,&#8221; said Doug Eichorst, P.E., Lubbock District Engineer. &#8220;This should be a relatively fast moving operation and we anticipate that it will take approximately four weeks to remove all the signs in our district.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>TruckingInfo.com reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>HB 1353 legislation has also allowed TxDOT to create a 75-mile per hour speed limit on any state highway found to be reasonable and safe through a speed study. TxDOT will be reviewing existing 70-mile per hour speed limits to determine where a 75-mile per hour speed limit may be safely posted. The complete evaluation of the state highway system and posting of all new 75-mile per hour speed limits should be complete by early 2013<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Published by <a title=\"Houston truck accidentlawyer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/Southeastern-Texas.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Houston truck accident lawyer<\/a> Gordon, Elias &amp; Seely, LLP<\/p>\n<p>Related search:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/Texas-Panhandle.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Lubbock Truck Accident Lawyer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LUBBOCK, TX &#8211; House Bill 1353, which took effect on September 1, eliminates the 65-mile per hour nighttime speed limit and all truck speed limits on Texas roadways.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[292],"class_list":["post-5035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-texas-truck-accidents","tag-lubbock-truck-accident-lawyer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5035"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7318,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5035\/revisions\/7318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}