London Drivers Are Selfish

[haljackey]

The most frustrating spot for me is Highbury southbound south of Hamilton when the short freeway stretch begins. It's 100, and a lot of the time I can't even get to 60 before the hill begins south of the river. That's when things start to get a little faster- maybe 80, but accelerating on a hill is stupid as its bad fuel economy and hard on your engine.

Funny thing Highbury often operates well over 100 northbound- people are used to freeway speeds from the 401 I guess? Big contrast between the directions.

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As for speed limits elsewhere in town, I have seen a mix and I guess it depends on where you are and what the traffic is like. I find Fanshawe, Commissioners and Wonderland flow at speed when there's moderate traffic, for example. Many roads have been reduced to 40 and it feels super slow doing that speed on them since the design of the road hasn't changed, just the sign.

An example is Cheapside east of Highbury where it felt comfortable doing 80 in a 60 zone as the driving lane is wide and straight. They reduced it from 60 to 40 to try and slow people down without making any changes in road design. Hahaha no.

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For my driving habits, if I see the light ahead change from green to red I'm goona take my foot off the pedal and coast to it, so yes I will be below the speed limit for that stretch. It's fun to see people try to lane change accelerate to the red light, slam on the brakes, then come to a stop when the light turns green, meanwhile I'm still doing 20-30 and easily pass them.