While the new 80mph speed limit went into effect in Tejas last week in time for Memorial Day travel, the big rig boys are being held to 70mph on the Lone Star State's rural Eisenhower roads. Stop, children, what's that noise? It's the sound of black Trans Am sales spiking from Fort Stockton to Ozona.

Zero to 80: Texas truckers watch for faster moving cars [Today's Trucking]

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