cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26304598
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26304594
Posted speed limits in nearly 200 Mississauga school zones will soon increase to 40 km/h
With the new amendments on local roads, City of Mississauga officials said the speed limit will remain 30 km/h from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday to Friday, and outside that period will be increased to 40 km/h. The move was prompted by complaints from drivers that the 30 km/h limit was too low during times when there were no students and other people around.
This is a step backwards.
Going from 30km/h to 40km/h might not feel much faster to a driver, but getting hit by a car at 40 km/h would cause way more damage than one going 30.
And that assumes the speed limits are followed. Around here, 40km/h = 60km/h.
Drivers in residential areas aren’t being slowed down because of these speed limits. It’s the stops they have to make at intersections that slows them down.
Which is probably why the majority of drivers ignore stop signs, too… 😮💨
40 km/h outside school hours is probably fine.
The other option would be a road diet to not make the perceived speed to be slow at 30 km/h, but this is not a terrible compromise as is.
Making this about school zones is totally disingenuous. Children are not walking to and from school outside of 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
There are reasons to be opposed to this, but it being done in school zones is not one of them.
40 kmph is about 25 mph, for those less metricaly inclined
