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Originally Posted by zulutango
"You're also overlooking the fact that raising the speed limit by x amount does not automatically equate to drivers travelling at x+10.":
Not my experience. 80k zone raised to 90...the normal 90's jumped to 100-110. 90k zone raised to 100 and normal 100 jumped to 110 to 120. Hwy 19 on VI from 1991 to 2008. Raise the limit and people will still drive the same margin of whatever they choose above the new limit.
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That was pretty much my experience, too, with the highways I learned to drive on, in the Cariboo. In my rather infrequent visits back there over the last couple decades, I've noticed a number of highways that have gone from 80 to 90, and 90 to 100 (and even 110 in one case), and regardless of what the posted limit is or was, traffic has always maintained the same average margin over it.