Comments on: Our highway speed limits are outdated!

By: rob

rob — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 21:19:53 +0000

from the late 1960s till mid 1970s the speed on the 400 series of highways in ontairio was 70 mph or 110 it was reduced when they changed the signs to Kilometers from miles. they will tell you it was because of a gas shortage in the mid 70s it wasnt.it was when the signs were changed to metric,we were fine at 110 then so now we should be seeing much higher limits with faster safer vehicles on the roads today.

By: Jayson

Jayson — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 07:21:55 +0000

I completely agree. I’ll admit I drive a little over the limit and when i’m on my streetbike it’s a little more than that, but i’m completely aware of everything around me. I live in Alberta, and if you’ve driven the prairies at all you know how boring it is and how easy it can be to speed up that much more on those roads, I mean Saskatchewan for example, even if you fall asleep while driving, the worst that can really happen is you’ll wake up a caouple hours later, still driving straight. Speed limits should be increased, at least to 120km/h like majority of people already do. A toll road with a high or no limit, sure not a problem, we have to pay a toll to go through national parks which are 90km/h speed limits so what’s the difference, and those roads aren’t even bad in regards to hazards. I find the biggest hazards are tourists, the people that a few times a year get in their motorhomes or pull their huge trailers and think that they’re the same as driving their economy car. Those are the ones that scare me, not the guy doing 150km/h or more that just passed me. Also, I find speed limits to be more of a suggestion than a limit itself. Drive, or ride, to your own skill level.

By: roland dobler

roland dobler — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:18:16 +0000

speed limit should be increased to 130km and police should inforce rules of driving on 400 series

By: Cleiton

Cleiton — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:02:41 +0000

I agree a 100%