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Originally Posted by JDął
The 'status quo' for speed limits was set in the 1960's and 70's. That's before seat belts, airbags, disc brakes, modern tire technology, and all other safety advancements in vehicle design from bumpers to radar based sensor systems. The speed limits are well past out of date.
Not all but the VAST majority of speed traps are set up in places where the police know damn well the speed limit does not reflect the flow rate of traffic, and/or they pray on downhill stretches were speed can insidiously get away from the driver by a few KM/H while posing no danger. They really are traps, and are a source of revenue for the city/province and the 'enforcement' is used as justification for budgets of ICBC and police departments. It's blatantly obvious that they have nothing to do with public safety and that's what erodes public trust.
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I've always just thought to myself, if the speed limits are so low, then people get slower (Canadian culture is already slow in general) and they start to lose focus more easily in high traffic. I don't know how awake most of you guys are after work, but I'm sure you would be less alert and more tired the longer you are stuck in traffic, which as a result, possibly more accidents.
Now imagine if traffic speed was faster and everyone was always alert, how would that turn out...