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Originally Posted by Soundy
Funny thing... I was in Edmonton all last week, and was amazed how many people stuck to the speed limits. Granted, a lot of them seemed more reasonable - most of the two-lane back highways are 100km/h - but even when it dipped to 70 or 50 going into the towns, everyone slowed down... the construction zones (and there were many), everyone was doing 50 (compare this to Hwy. 1 out here, where the construction zone limit is 80 and regular flow of traffic is still a steady 110 through the day).
Even on the open freeways (#2 heading south of town), where the limit was 110, almost everyone was doing 110 or a hair over... very very rarely did I see anyone go blazing past at 130 or more. And these are long, flat, straight, two-and-three-lane stretches where, if the Malahat should be "safe" at 120, these roads should reasonably allow 160 maximums.
Oddly, it seems few Albertans find these limits "too low" or has a problem following them.
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You can thank the photo radar for that.
And yet they still manage to be aggressive idiots.
And I wonder why such a speed-nazi province you can't find the word "speed" in their traffic collision statistics.
Oddly, it seems many Albertans probably find the limits too low but are confined by the oppressive enforcement tactics of the road safety sheriffs.
It's been a few years since I've been to Alberta but the travel speeds were much higher than 110km/hr on the freeway. Did I feel unsafe when the flow was 130+? Not at all. Did I feel unsafe constantly looking at my speedometer to check my speed in town? You bet.