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Originally Posted by blake10
Sweden is not Canada. I drive the route from Winnipeg to Kenora all the time and some of the stuff I see amazes me. As you pass into Manitoba and approach the divided highway section from the East, despite being signposted, I've often seen drivers who can't wait the extra 2 minutes and must find a way to pass other vehicles 1 or 2 kms before the divided highway begins. These are cars with Manitoba plates so it's not as if they're unfamiliar with the highway. The road needs to be finished properly (twined).
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Hmmm having a very brief look at their fines no wonder no one speeds up in Sweden too much!
http://www.roadmc.com/default.asp?pubid=15
I mean 1-10km/hr over and you're already at $250 Cdn equivalent!
Shorter regular intervals like 1.25km mentioned earlier might help curb the rush. Alot of our passing lanes have 2km warnings, but nothing when just coming out of a passing lane saying when the next passing lane is if it's more than 2km, then everyone's chomping at the bit to blow by.
2 minutes is a lot if you're driving an 8hr day. I mean say you do 99km/hr in a 90 zone (assuming no other factors like construction around), you'd be reasonably guaranteed not to be pulled over and shorten a Calgary to Vancouver trip for example by something like an hour!
I do get what you're saying, there are freaks who drive moronically fast then you lumber by them as they fill up for gas or get stuck behind a camper just 3km up the road - their risk has earned them nothing. But a good 10% over everything and not stopping for anything seems the fastest overall.