02-27-2018, 12:11 PM
The funny part about speeds is... it doesn’t matter. 40 or 60 km/h, on a cross-town trip the difference in trip time will be like 12 minutes or 11.5 minutes. It’s traffic lights and so on that make the time increase.
So, in a perfect world, speed limits would be something reasonable across the board - like how in Bermuda the entire island has a 35 km/h limit everywhere, without exception (except lower in some places). The island is about the size of Waterloo Region. It takes 40 minutes to go from one end to the other, just like it takes about 40 minutes here, with much higher limits and bigger roads.
It’s all psychological however, people hate to move slowly if they think they can move faster. It doesn’t matter what mode of transport it is. It’s just that in a car, it’s easier to push the pedal down further with no personal penalty.
So, in a perfect world, speed limits would be something reasonable across the board - like how in Bermuda the entire island has a 35 km/h limit everywhere, without exception (except lower in some places). The island is about the size of Waterloo Region. It takes 40 minutes to go from one end to the other, just like it takes about 40 minutes here, with much higher limits and bigger roads.
It’s all psychological however, people hate to move slowly if they think they can move faster. It doesn’t matter what mode of transport it is. It’s just that in a car, it’s easier to push the pedal down further with no personal penalty.