08-13-2019, 08:52 AM
Kitchener has passed its pilot program to lower speed limits to 40km/h on about a dozen streets in three wards.
We are pretty far behind. Hamilton has had entire swaths of the city with 40km/h speed limits, and 30km/h in school zones, for a few years. They're not exactly at the vanguard of road safety.
The province's changes a few years ago mean that it is now as cheap as a handful of signs to reduce speed limits in a large area.
And, of course, without changes to road design, will drivers who exceeded the previous 50km/h limit obey the new 40km/h? Well, I guess the pilot might tell us.
We are pretty far behind. Hamilton has had entire swaths of the city with 40km/h speed limits, and 30km/h in school zones, for a few years. They're not exactly at the vanguard of road safety.
The province's changes a few years ago mean that it is now as cheap as a handful of signs to reduce speed limits in a large area.
And, of course, without changes to road design, will drivers who exceeded the previous 50km/h limit obey the new 40km/h? Well, I guess the pilot might tell us.