Driving & The Speed Limit

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There are many laws that must be enforced every
day to ensure peoples safety.
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There is also a punishment for breaking one of
these laws.
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The punishment can include a fine, and possible
jail time.
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One law that does help to protect people is the
speed limit.
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People tend to forget or ignore this law
altogether even though it does save lives.
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However, if drivers remember to follow the speed
limit on the road theyre traveling then everyone
can arrive safely to their destination.
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Texas is the only state in the nation where the
fastest its commuters can drive is 85 MPH.
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In Texas only Travis, Caldwell, and Guadalupe
counties the speed limit is 85 MPH.
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The speed limit for most other areas that are
actually more rural areas are up to 75 MPH, and
in more urban areas the speed limits can vary
between 70 and 65 MPH.
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Now, depending on what time of day it is and the
type of vehicle you are driving.
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At night, usually on the interstates you have to
drive at 65 MPH, and then in the day you are
allowed to drive up to 80 MPH (depending on the
max per your state).
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Each state has their manner of democratizing this
information to its public.
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Most road signs show the speed limit and it is
your duty to abide to those limits.
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So please be mindful of the posted speed limit.
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One mechanism that police enforcement uses is
called doppler radar enforced areas.
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These areas are patrolled by officers when they
feel that there are drivers that are abusing the
designated driving speed limit.
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They will use radar guns that use something
called doppler radar that functions with a
transmitter and a receiver.
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The transmitter will send out a radio wave in a
narrow beam and once it reaches the designated
object, it will return to the receiver within the
radar gun.
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The radar gun will then calculate the difference
of space between it and the vehicle and will
determine how fast that vehicle is going in miles
per hour.
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You might not be so lucky so as to avoid
receiving a traffic citation, especially if that
radar gun sneaks up on you and gets you in
trouble there are options for you that you can
take to help you in dealing with that traffic
citation.
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Depending on the state you might have the option
to do defensive driving for receiving a traffic
citation, in this case a speeding citation.
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If you fulfill the requirements of the court you
might be eligible to dismiss your traffic
citation as well as lower the fine that is
associated with the ticket for ignoring the speed
limit.