City councillor proposes lowering of speed limits by 10km/h in Toronto

[ericgu22]

I think its unnecessary to reduce the speed by 10km!!!

http://www.680news.com/news/headline...0_080206_10456

[DuDe1411]

and do what? maybe they should change the road to left hand traffic

[Traian2003]

This is sooo stupid. Speeds should increase on the HWYs like they did in some of the Western provinces.

Old guy can't drive, comes up with this idea? wtf?

No research, no facts. All he says is "maybe" this and "maybe" that..

[Sepiraph]

Parkdale-High Park Councillor Bill Saundercook said that because so many drivers habitually drive 10 kilometres an hour above the speed limit, he wants to lower all speed limits to keep drivers in-line

Lol this Bill guy is a real genius, people habitually drives 10km/h above speed limit is because that's the speed that they feel comfortable at driving. If you post a speed limit of 200km/h, people will NOT be driving 10km/h above it.

Basically the law should follow what a majority of people believe is the right thing to do, after all the law is made by people AND being a democratic (or is it socialistic here) country in Canada, the law should follow the will of the people, not the other way around.

[cooolway]

I usually (more than often) drive 10km above the speed limit. I think that they set the speed limit too low just to fine people.

[KorruptioN]

Terrible idea.

[Cheap Cat]

Lol this Bill guy is a real genius, people habitually drives 10km/h above speed limit is because that's the speed that they feel comfortable at driving. If you post a speed limit of 200km/h, people will NOT be driving 10km/h above it.

Basically the law should follow what a majority of people believe is the right thing to do, after all the law is made by people AND being a democratic (or is it socialistic here) country in Canada, the law should follow the will of the people, not the other way around.

Actually the law is made by the elected officials and not the people. This is how our democracy works. This is one idiot Liberal (he is not a socialist so don't blame them). He still has to get the majority of council to agree and this is no where near passing into law. It is just the media making a big deal out of a dumb idea.

Lower all speed limits and ban right turns on red and see how well traffic moves in this city. And he is supposed to be an environmentalist.

[Majinvegeta]

Speed isn't the reason why accidents happen. It all depends on how knowledgeable the person is about road signs + how attentive he/she is.

If they are scanning their area and take the right steps to switch lanes etc. then accidents would not occur as much.

Millions of people die yearly due to alcohol, no one does anything about that. But everyone is anal about speed limits and now they want to decrease it by 10?

great idea, hey how about we set the speed limit at 30km/h on highways. I guarantee people will still get into accidents. And it will be because their on their cell phone or staring at some half naked chick or thinking about something else while driving.

I drive above the speed limit too because I think the speed limits are stupid. All these people are doing is decreasing the speed at which the accident is happening. Which isn't the problem, the problem is people not giving full attention to the road while driving. Or its people who drink and drive. I'd like to see how many drink n drive incidents happen if we ban a non-necessity drink called Beer.

[tyfriend]

old people are getting senile

[fastlayne]

Here is an equally asinine idea. Ban all left and right turns.

How many pedestrians have been struck and killed in cross walks in the last year due to turning cars or trucks? Stop the turns and save lives! Isn't that how the logic and statistics are used by the officials?

Of course, the eventual goal, at least by the City of Toronto, is to ban all vehicles.

The problem is that drivers and pedestrians are not paying attention.

If you step off a curb and a truck rolls over your head, you are dead. The truck could have been doing 30 or barely 1 km/hr and the outcome will be exactly the same.

[gamer123]

hey why not change all speed limits to 10km/h?

[CdTriX]

does he own a car?

freaking davenport is a 40 zone but i drive 50 in it.. i dislike driving 10 over in areas with 50km/h speed limits, but anythign less than 50 is way to slow for the movement of traffic in toronto...

[inteliii]

Why stop there.
Speed limit should be 20 kmh and that way no serious damage or injuries to anyone.

[masterballer]

What a moron...how do these guys get elected?

[fastlayne]

Why stop there.
Speed limit should be 20 kmh and that way no serious damage or injuries to anyone.

Why stop there, indeed.

Even the damage and injuries can be eliminated. At 20 km/h, collision avoidance radar and automatic deployment of the vehicle's brakes would be very effective.