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Originally Posted by haljackey
Yep we can benefit from higher speed limits on certain stretches of roads. Highway design and vehicle safety have improved over the years along with fuel economy.
Obviously don't raise them in busy areas... they should reserved to lightly used stretches outside of major cities without too many inclines, curves, obstructions, etc.
It would also be good to have some variable speed limits too. Ex- 130 on a calm summer day, 110 in light rain, 80 in heavy fog/snow/thunderstorms. Also these signs could remind drivers to stay alert and not tailgate.
It's crazy how Alberta has high speed limits on highways with at-grade intersections. I see that as a recipe for disaster. Only the best designed roads should get speed limits over 100.
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The problem is a blanket speed limit. For example, should the 401 all be the same speed? I would say no. There are parts that should be lower than the existing limit. There are also parts that could be much higher with no ill effects. Some even should have signs that change due to conditions, like in Carnage Alley.
AB has a max speed of 100km/hr on their back roads, and in ON it is 80km/hr. Why?
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Originally Posted by davee930
Someone needs to invent smart speed limit signs depending on the conditions. Could make a killing!
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They exist all over the world. In fact, certain parts of BC/TC 1 has them.
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Originally Posted by ssiguy
If the governments and people against higher speed limits were to REALLY concerned about potential higher speed limits than they must agree with speed regulators like we have on school buses.
If our current speed limit is 100 km/hr than why do we allow cars to potentially go 160 km/hr or higher. Why do we not put regulators on the cars like buses where the cars top out at 100?
Of course any politician that suggests such a logical solution would quickly find themselves on the unemployment line. We are very two-faced about the whole thing.
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Because outside of the jurisdiction have higher speeds. Imagine Crossing the continent in Canada, and then back into the USA, and passing through Montana with a 80mph limit and stuck at 65mph.
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Originally Posted by Doady
I used to support higher speed limits on highways, I didn't think they would make highways more dangerous, especially outside cities, but seeing all these attacks on MolsonExport because he disagreed with the idea that, not only would higher speeds not make highways more dangerous, they would actually make highways safer, makes me wonder if I was wrong. Such aggression and higher speed limits cannot be a good combination.
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My issue is people think that speed kills. Speed does not kill, but is a contributing factor to it. What we need to look at are the other factors as well. How fast is fast enough, and how slow is too slow? Rush hour speeds in most major cities average less than the speed limit, yet lots of crashes happen then. Why is that? Maybe we should fix that before artificially lowering or unnecessarily raising the speed limit.
There is a local road that used to be 80km/hr to 70km/hr. The traffic speed is now 90km/hr instead of 100km/hr. Had they simply enforced the existing laws traffic would be going 80km/hr instead of 90km/hr.
If the police don''t have quotas, maybe they should.
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