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Originally Posted by Everymans
but if they raised it people would think 80km on a rainy day is safe since the max is 100km. I was going 90 in a straight stretch when I hydroplaned when i was braking for a corner and slid into the guardrail. I've been that asshole doing 80km along the undivided section during terrible weather and people were riding my ass hardcore. Why would it work better if the speed limit were raised if this is the result? I don't know the current accident/death toll caused by speed on this road, but I can imagine it's high enough to meritt the speed limit.
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Drive relevant to the weather conditions then. Like meme said, the Coquihalla has a far higher death and accident rate than the Sea to Sky and they're actually thinking of
increasing the speed limit. Obviously the current 110km/h limit is for summer driving, not when there's a foot of fresh powder around Larson Hill or patches of black ice on the Summit, but people learn to lower their speeds to adapt to the weather. Sure, some people will still go barrelling down the road in snow while exceeding the speed limit, but you can't adapt everything to the lowest common denominator. That's just stupid and impedes the general flow of traffic.