Is it time for higher speed limits on Canada's highways?

BruSan

BruSan

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Blackleaf said:


(And Clarkson measures his speed in good old normal mph, not kph like those quaint little Canadians do)
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And just look what part of his body increased it's size twofold by doing so.

Well let's see, we reluctantly accepted seat belts due to their reducing injury and death numbers. We reluctantly accepted helmets for the same reasons. We reluctantly accept various safety measures be built into our vehicles which in some cases result in our ability to choose less desirable things to drive considering the fun quotient.


So by all means lets' embrace a rise in road speeds which will fly in the face of all those things we've had rammed at us with the conviction they make us safer. This in spite of the fact todays drivers are subjected to even more distractions and hazards than previous generations of us.


I'm more than appalled at the ignorance of drivers today as it applies to tailgating and lane discipline. In my day passing on the right of a multilane was rude, stupid and considered almost a crime because NO ONE camped in the left lane doing one or two over the posted limit in their imitation of some western vigilante forcing others to comply with their version of what's RIGHT & proper.


In short; there's just too many arrogant little ****s out there who think considerate driving is what the other guy has to do for them. By all means lets' raise the limit and let natural selection wean the gene pool.


I vote we force every driver to spend two years driving nothing but a Kawisaki Hyabusa.
 
Tonington

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IdRatherBeSkiing said:
Those 3 minutes to get from one end of the island to the other must be maddening!
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Lol, imagine driving from Toronto to Kingston at 90 km/h or less! Worse than that dropping down to speeds as low as 40 km/h. Add the tourists...it's like they've never seen a field of potatoes before.
 
Zipperfish

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Praxius said:
Here in Melbourne they have speed cameras all over the place and if you go 3km over the speed limit, you have a fine showing up in your mail soon enough.


It's boasted as a safety thing, but everybody knows they're just a revenue device for the government.
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They instituted those in BC, but it became an elecition issue and teh Gordon Campbell Liberals got rid of them when they got in. I don't speed (often) but I don't want gummint cameras pointed at me everywhere either.
 
MHz

MHz

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How about mag-lel between calgary and edmonton for $4.99 tax included (with a transfer)
They already have that 'no man's land' between the 2 roads
 
MHz

MHz

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Giddy-up Transfer Services. G-T-S-ssssss
2nd biggest customer would be the Sask Tourism industry where 1 long weekend you see the whole Province on the sleeper and bar-car version.
 
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