Road design, safety and Vision Zero

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I'm sure they have the exact same position.

And I have little doubt they'd also treat it with the same flippancy.

My objection to the tweet isn't really about the reality (the situation today is that the police can't ticket every speeding driver), it is about the attitude behind the tweet. They didn't even bother to suggest that speeding "a little bit" is even wrong.

The police were wrong, though. You start enforcing 'even a little bit' people will start slowing down.

I am not suggesting pulling someone over for doing 55 in a 50, but yeah, 56 pull them over. Start with that. And forgot about 'paperwork'. Write up the ticket and be on your way. Not many are going to go to court to argue a 6 over. It's a petty charge. But if people know that their day might be ruined, they'll start to slow down.

Alternatively, cities can reduce speed limits by 10-20 km. If cops are hell bent on not charging passive speeders, and people naturally go 15-20 over, than residential street are set to 30 (45 will be reality for aggressive driver), 40 on roads like Ottawa South (55-60 will be seen, which is the actual speed limit) and 50 on a road like Homer Watson (and 60-70 will be seen).

When I started driving years ago, the behaviour we see now didn't exist. People may have done 5-10 over, but that was it. People also stopped at stop signs, and stopped at red lights before making their right turn.

I got a photo ticket for 105 in a 100 zone in NZ. That was surprising.

I also reflexively distrust comments like "it was better back in the day". Is there any evidence for that?