Early testing of 120 km/h speed limit results so far

“When we are designing our road network to be able to handle these higher speeds we should set our speed limits to these higher speeds,” says Dreeshen.”

Lol. You mean the highway with two lanes, that’s way over capacity, has a 3 foot left shoulder, about a 4 foot right shoulder and itty bitty on ramps and exits, this guy says is well suited for 120km/h speeds. Lol

 

I drove it twice now.
Didn't change my cruise setting from 125km/hr before, during, or after.

Just like the last 30 years.

 

401 in Ontario used to be 70mph (113kph). I was always running 120kph or better. No issues.

 

Post that in real speed.

 

Thank goodness someone has the balls to trial it. Reckon it will be hard sell but without facts its all just hear say.

 

A little more than a decade or so ago Wisconsin raised it's interstate speed limit from 65 to 70 mph. All the hand wringing about 'speeders are just going to speed more' and 'traffic deaths will go up' proved false - in the short term. For the first few years, most people drove as they usually did - ie 70 mph on I-41, 75 mph on I-43, and whatever speed their drunken stupor decided in the west half of the state.

Over time, that's changed. 80-85 is now normal on I-43, and I-41 is a high traffic Fury Road. In the west the road speed is determined by how many trucks are trying to pass with a 1 mph speed differential. The major cause of fatality incidents has switched from impaired driving to speed related.

 

Most people do 130 between calgary amd edmonton to begin with tho lol