General Road and Highway Discussion

[tomh009]

I'm reluctant to put a lot of confidence in the IIHS study. First, we're talking about changing the official speed limit, not actually increasing the 401 speeds. And better enforcement to reduce large speed differentials (which I think are worse than the absolute speed in itself).


Also, given the huge variations in enforcement, use of radar detectors and driving habits from state to state, I don't know how valuable their data really is.

Are you saying you don't believe increasing the speed limit on the 401 will increase the speeds?

The reality is we will not get photo enforcement, nor sufficient police enforcement to actually enforce speed limits. Any discussion of actual policy must accept that this is not part of the plan.

With same enforcement level, it likely would increase speeds. But we were proposing a speed limit increase with effective enforcement. Since this is completely hypothetical, I think it's a valid proposal.