"Raise Alberta highway's speed limit to 120" petition

[16hypen3sp]

I'd be amazed if Mason followed through with even a slight increase. He was a school bus driver, he wants things "safer" than what they are currently.

There's also the problem of a loss of revenue from tickets that our Premier needs so desperately.

I hope it happens, but I think we would have better luck with a different government.

[schocker]

Originally posted by 16hypen3sp
I'd be amazed if Mason followed through with even a slight increase. He was a school bus driver, he wants things "safer" than what they are currently.

There's also the problem of a loss of revenue from tickets that our Premier needs so desperately.

I hope it happens, but I think we would have better luck with a different government.

Maybe we can form some type of pro-proper speed limits union and then it will be a shoe in

[dubhead]

Originally posted by 16hypen3sp
I'd be amazed if Mason followed through with even a slight increase. He was a school bus driver, he wants things "safer" than what they are currently.

There's also the problem of a loss of revenue from tickets that our Premier needs so desperately.

I hope it happens, but I think we would have better luck with a different government.

Could likely make up the revenue by ticketing left lane bandits

[Shlade]

Signed

[Maxt]

I doubt a petition will get any kind of traction with Alberta Transportation, that ministry seems to exist in some kind of upside down alternate reality where reason and logic doesn't exist... They have in the last year years, F'd up 3 intersections on my commute home that previously had nothing design wise wrong, all in the name of safety.. Last time I checked safety wasn't supposed to get people killed...
Then again, if you started a slow to 30 campaign on provincial highways, they'd probably be all over that..

[EK 2.0]

Originally posted by ickyflex


After driving in Italy for the first time I can say speed means nothing.

Right Lane was doing 130
Middle Lane was doing 150-160
Left lane dead empty unless passing at 200k

Nothing i saw on 10 hours+ of driving remotely dangerous or not a single time I had to slam on my brakes.

This is with driving on both 2 and 3 lane highways.

The issue with Canadian driving is simply this. Left Lane Hoggers

I'm going to miss my little Nissan Micra

This!!...

And signed...

[schocker]

Originally posted by Maxt
I doubt a petition will get any kind of traction with Alberta Transportation, that ministry seems to exist in some kind of upside down alternate reality where reason and logic doesn't exist... They have in the last year years, F'd up 3 intersections on my commute home that previously had nothing design wise wrong, all in the name of safety.. Last time I checked safety wasn't supposed to get people killed...
Then again, if you started a slow to 30 campaign on provincial highways, they'd probably be all over that..

I sent mciver an idea to add speed up signs on stoney on-ramps instead of people doing 60 because they are going onto country hills from crowchild so that didn't happen

[Mitsu3000gt]

The reduction in ticket revenue means this will never in a million years get passed. If you've ever driven on a main highway, regardless of the speed limit, most people drive between 120 and 140 which seems to be the comfort zone of the average driver.

[E46..sTyLez]

Originally posted by Mitsu3000gt
The reduction in ticket revenue means this will never in a million years get passed. If you've ever driven on a main highway, regardless of the speed limit, most people drive between 120 and 140 which seems to be the comfort zone of the average driver.

How did it pass in BC then?

[zaider]

Signed.

also:


After my trip out to BC last week, I noticed they've changed how the passing lanes work as well.

It used to be that, when the road widened out at the start of the passing lane, there was a gap before the white dashed lines appeared. This left it up to the drivers to decide which lane they were going in, with many choosing the left.

Now, the dashed lines extend all the way and connect to the yellow line, funneling all the cars into the right lane. This means that you have to make the conscious decision to change lanes to pass. They have also put large signs about the right lane only being for passing.

Obviously it wont fix everything, but its a step in the right direction.

Also, the new $167 fine for left lane hogs is pretty sweet.

[Nitro5]

Originally posted by Feruk


We need to adopt Europe's style of banning semis outright on highways Saturdays and Sundays. Beyond that, they should be ticketable for hogging the left lane same as any other car. You can't really ban them from passing IMO.

Yes we should emulate the Euro economy.

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by E46..sTyLez


How did it pass in BC then?

The same way they banned photo radar.

[Maxt]

Originally posted by E46..sTyLez


How did it pass in BC then?

By taxing the shit out of everything else.

[rage2]

Originally posted by Maxt
By taxing the shit out of everything else.

Had first hand experience of PST craziness in BC this summer. Cars are perpetually taxed each time it changes hands. Even when you trade in a car, you get taxed on the trade in because it offsets PST on the total buying price. Ridiculous.

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by rage2

Had first hand experience of PST craziness in BC this summer. Cars are perpetually taxed each time it changes hands. Even when you trade in a car, you get taxed on the trade in because it offsets PST on the total buying price. Ridiculous.

Same as buying privately. Taxed when you register it.

[yellowsnow]

signed

[CompletelyNumb]

signed

[bart]

best cop

[Feruk]

Originally posted by Nitro5
Yes we should emulate the Euro economy.

We are...