Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20110414:13:52:00
Lawmakers in texas allowing a speed limit of 85 miles an hour. haven't we always heard 55 saves lives? why are they increasing it? >> reporter: we should point out first down here in texas we have 500 miles of interstate where motorists can legally drive 80 miles an hour. but this new legislation would not affect existing roads or freeways. we are talking about freeways and interstates built after june of this year. if passed it would call for favorable engineering studies and we could see 85-mile-per-hour speed limits in some ai areas. >> we are a big, big state. so as we try to move goods an...