Speed Limit Highways

[CLOUD 500]

Ontario Newsroom

news.ontario.ca

^^^^ Ontario has increased its speed limit on many 400 series highways to 110km/hr.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/albera-survey-speed-limit-increase-9.7019072

^^^^ Alberta is starting a pilot project to increase the speed limit on its highways to 120km/hr.

What do you think? I think it is time for Lego the dictator to increase the speed limit on Quebec highways to 120km/hr or at least to 110km/hr. The 100km/hr speed limit is outdated and was made during the 1973 oil crisis in which 90km/hr was the most fuel efficient speed so they made it 100km/hr.

 

[S.S neo]

Ontario Newsroom

news.ontario.ca

^^^^ Ontario has increased its speed limit on many 400 series highways to 110km/hr.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/albera-survey-speed-limit-increase-9.7019072

^^^^ Alberta is starting a pilot project to increase the speed limit on its highways to 120km/hr.

What do you think? I think it is time for Lego the dictator to increase the speed limit on Quebec highways to 120km/hr or at least to 110km/hr. The 100km/hr speed limit is outdated and was made during the 1973 oil crisis in which 90km/hr was the most fuel efficient speed so they made it 100km/hr.

If 90km/h was the most fuel efficient speed back then i wonder what it is nowadays ?

 

[S.S neo]

I am most preoccupied with the 60km minimal speed than to increase the maximum speed limit ... it should be at least 85km in normal conditions... nothing is more dangerous then someone going 65 on the highway

 

[CLOUD 500]

If 90km/h was the most fuel efficient speed back then i wonder what it is nowadays ?

I imagine it is higher. Remember before 1983 most cars did not have overdrive. 3 speed automatics and four speed manuals were the norm back then.

I am most preoccupied with the 60km minimal speed than to increase the maximum speed limit ... it should be at least 85km in normal conditions... nothing is more dangerous then someone going 65 on the highway

Hmm it depends. On the snowstorm of Wed, while driving on highway 10, I was doing between 60 to 75km/hr depending on the road conditions. Under normal conditions I am going between 110 to 125km/hr. When it is slippery then those rules go out the window. That is why I dislike draconian speed limits.

 

[mtremblay]

I imagine it is higher. Remember before 1983 most cars did not have overdrive. 3 speed automatics and four speed manuals were the norm back then.

90km/h is still more efficient than going faster. With my car, I can add 1-2l/100km for each extra 10km/h.
However, modern 4 cyl. cars are probably more fuel efficient @ 120km/h than 80's cars were @ 90km/h.

 

[Johnny test]

Speed limit increase should come with a better road quality or we'll increase danger and accidents. I remember testing the limits of my bikes on the French Highway BR (Before Radars ) and i did that because i knew the road was perfect.

 

[S.S neo]

I imagine it is higher. Remember before 1983 most cars did not have overdrive. 3 speed automatics and four speed manuals were the norm back then.

Hmm it depends. On the snowstorm of Wed, while driving on highway 10, I was doing between 60 to 75km/hr depending on the road conditions. Under normal conditions I am going between 110 to 125km/hr. When it is slippery then those rules go out the window. That is why I dislike draconian speed limits.

Yes but a snow storm is not a normal condition ... but any other day, i don’t see why it is allowed to drive 60km/h in the left lane and cops can’t give you a ticket

 

[CLOUD 500]

Yes but a snow storm is not a normal condition ... but any other day, i don’t see why it is allowed to drive 60km/h in the left lane and cops can’t give you a ticket

Ohh those idiots are so annoying. I cannot stand them. You know they are a bigger traffic hazard then those going over the speed limit. A car going 60km/hr in the passing lane should definitely be getting a ticket.

Speed limit increase should come with a better road quality or we'll increase danger and accidents. I remember testing the limits of my bikes on the French Highway BR (Before Radars ) and i did that because i knew the road was perfect.

True, Quebec got the worst roads in the country. Drive on highway 20 and once you cross the Ontario border to the 401 the roads are so smooth. Ontario roads are very smooth compared to Quebec roads which are full of potholes and groves where water accumulated causing hydroplaning.

 

[CLOUD 500]

90km/h is still more efficient than going faster. With my car, I can add 1-2l/100km for each extra 10km/h.
However, modern 4 cyl. cars are probably more fuel efficient @ 120km/h than 80's cars were @ 90km/h.

True but do you want to be cruising at only 90km/hr on the highway and you are headed to Toronto? Or Quebec City? That trip will take much much longer. Even a 100km/hr is outdated by today's standards. Quebec should follow Ontario, at least make it 110km/hr on provincial autoroutes.

 

[twenty4seven]

True but do you want to be cruising at only 90km/hr on the highway and you are headed to Toronto? Or Quebec City? That trip will take much much longer. Even a 100km/hr is outdated by today's standards. Quebec should follow Ontario, at least make it 110km/hr on provincial autoroutes.

It doesn't even matter tho, bc the enforcement of the limits is all that matters and the OPP won't even pull you over doing 129 in a 100kph zone, so the extra 10kph pushes that to 134kph top speed. If the police enforced the limits closer to what they actually are this could really increase average speed but they don't here.