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3 things to know about the Texas state bill to lower speed limits

Published on February 9, 2017 under CommunityImpact

Rep. Celia Israel, D-Austin, held a press conference Thursday to explain why she is introducing a bill to lower speed limits on Texas city roads. Here is what you need to know about the bill that Israel hopes will lower traffic fatalities throughout the state: 1. Israel filed the bill because of the high amount of mortality and injury rates on Texas roads. According to the Texas Department of Transportation, roughly 3,500 people died from traffic-related incidents in 2015. About 13,616 additional injuries were suffered from similar incidents.

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Source: Community Impact- Cedar Park

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