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Originally Posted by Spocket
Well, I agree with the general thrust of your comment in relation to the speeds we're talking about, higher speeds increase stopping distance and therefore increase the potential to hit something. If you look at it this way, it does make sense and isn't counterintuitive. That said, it's been 60 on Marion for decades. Did we suddenly get a bunch of deaths on the street?
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There was that one last year where the victim got hit by a trailer and they guy took off. As far as I know the driver got away with it. But that is the only incident that I can think of.
Driving down that stretch during the day, the on-street parking is often full and there is a lot of parallel parking going on. It is pretty rare to be able to get up to 60 during the daytime. As a driver, this is not a significant loss. Not like those 30km/hr school zones...