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Originally Posted by swimmer_spe
If 17 was divided west of Thunder Bay and east of Sault St Marie, and if 11 was divided between North Bay and Nipigon, that would please most people.
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I've already lost count of how many times you've advocated this.
I guess the real question is: Knowing that such project costs billions of dollars, and assuming that the Feds aren't gonna help, how is the province gonna raise that much money in such a short time without borrowing significantly?
I'm gonna say something dirty: The province should up the speed limit but also up the speeding fines even more.
If the province gets a portion of traffic fines, if should ask OPP to enforce some rules more vigorously, i.e. move-over for emergency vehicles, no camping in the left lane (on freeways), no distracted driving (defined as the driver not looking ahead, lane changes excepted), improper lane changes (i.e. cutting people off), passing on the right, trucks going at more than 105 kph. You name it.
Then we should also have this rule where, on a 2-lane road, if there are 4 or more vehicles behind the first one, it needs to pull over and let the rest pass or else the driver can get ticketed for holding up traffic.
Then cops should actually start ticketing people at 21 kph over or 16 kph below the speed limit.
Meanwhile, with higher speed comes higher fuel consumption, which means more money for the government either through carbon tax (if not axed) or income tax (from the convenient stores).
Any cleaner ideas?