Vroom! Fastest US road, 85 mph, opens in Texas

Speed Limit 85

Speed Limit 85

Drivers, start your engines! The green flag has dropped on the last leg of a Texas toll road with the nation’s fastest speed limit. With a 3-foot-long pair of ceremonial scissors, Texas Gov. Rick Perry snipped a ribbon Wednesday on the privately built stretch of the Texas 130 toll road – famous for its 85-mph speed limit. “There are very few people that get up and say they love road construction, but I think everyone is happy when you open a road up,” Perry told those gathered for the dedication. Read the full story at the Huffington Post.

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Shelly Palmer is Fox 5 New York's On-air Tech Expert (WNYW-TV) and the host of Fox Television's monthly show Shelly Palmer Digital Living. He also hosts United Stations Radio Network's, Shelly Palmer Digital Living Daily, a daily syndicated radio report that features insightful commentary and a unique insiders take on the biggest stories in technology, media, and entertainment. He is Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Group, LLC an industry-leading advisory and business development firm and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the organization that bestows the coveted Emmy® Awards).