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Originally Posted by sebberry
That makes absolutely no sense.
You could drop the 80km/hr zones down to 60km/hr and people will still drive at their usual 90-100km/hr. People drive at a speed they see fit for the road design and conditions. Drop the 50km/hr zones down to 40km/hr and people will still enter them at 60-80.
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It makes lots of sense, yet since you're admittedly unfamilar with the area let me explain:
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Originally Posted by sebberry
Even you said you speed into the 50 zone. Why? Because you don't want to be the one putz to slam on his brakes in the middle of fast moving heavy traffic.
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You couldn't be more wrong.
I don't slow down cause I am lazy. I know the big hill is coming up meters after the speed limit change and it will slow my car down for me. If the speed limit change were earlier, I would slow down sooner cause I don't want to be 40 over - like most other people who are watching their speed.
Plus it makes no sense to speed northbound, you just arrive at the log jam of cars sooner. If the limit were lower then traffic would be more spread out - several cities implement speed limits that change during rush hour to control the flow of traffic. If everyone just drove what they were comfortable with these would not work - yet they do - so your argument is BS.
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Originally Posted by sebberry
As for your comment that speed limits were reviewed when they were first posted - a recent speed review study was done and proved that many of the limits were in fact set too low. Not only that, but crashes DECLINED in sections where they temporarily increased the posted limits.
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Post the study.