Nevada has become the seventh state to enact an 80 mph speed limit.
The signs announcing the change started going up on I-80 last week.
It’s the fastest limit allowed in the Silver State since before the national 55 mph limit was established in the 1970s. Prior to that, Nevada let drivers to travel at “safe and sane” speeds, which effectively meant there was no limit on some roads.
Nevada joins South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and Utah, which all have 80 mph limits in sparsely populated areas, while the highest in the land is found on Texas State Highway 130, a privately-operated toll road that connects San Antonio and Austin where you can drive 85 mph.