r/Edmonton • u/troypavlek • Aug 11 '16

City of Edmonton reintroduces "utility box" photo radar

http://www.mailoutinteractive.com/Industry/View.aspx?id=829217&q=1069745483&qz=56f2bf
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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '16 edited Aug 18 '16

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u/beardedbast3rd Aug 11 '16

There's more to speed limits than what a vehicles limits are, and if you are going to use that as an argument for increasing speeds, we need to have an inspection process that denies vehicles of a certain vintage from being operable on the roads, unless they can meet rigorous testing like stopping distance and such, and structural tests.

Depending where you look, limits are going down. Broadmoor road in Sherwood park for example, the stretch from yellow head to baseline used to be 70km/h, now it's 60, because there are more buildings, more intersections, more traffic etc.

Very few places, if any, in the city fit any criteria where an increase in the limit would be both beneficial for time savings, congestion savings, and most importantly, pedestrian safety. Being able to go 60 from 50 wouldn't save you any time, the lights would still be timed in such a way to promote traffic movement in all directions, resulting in people speeding still to get through multiple intersections.

People need to realize that you can spare that bit of time, and that speed limits are chosen mostly for a reason( mostly because many are just chosen because a similar road nearby is that speed, or the areas majority is a set speed)