General Road and Highway Discussion

[danbrotherston]

I think it’s very unclear what the effect of raising the speed limit on something like the 401.  Like I said earlier I don’t know of many highways that already have commonly accepted and practiced speeding of 20-30% over the limit.  

I will also admit that I’m ok with some amount of decreased safety for general increased convenience. Whether this particular change would be worth it would definitely require more information.

It has been tried in other places with substantial harm as a result:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c...-1.4857985

As for "generally increased convenience" being acceptable for decreased safety, where do you draw the line? Should we undersize bridges and risk them collapsing? Should we reduce water testing? These are all things that would make life easier for us, but we do not accept.  I have no idea why roads are the one area that it's okay to kill people to make life more convenient.