Today, the Ontario government announced that its pilot project to increase speed limits to 110km/h on three sections of 400-series highways in Southern Ontario is getting wide support.
“People are telling us loud and clear that they support a safe and moderate increase to speed limits on these highways,” said Minister of Transportation Caroline Mulroney. “The increased speed limit pilot is just one way that our government is improving our transportation network — bringing it in line with other jurisdictions to get people where they need to go when they want to get there.”
More than 8,300 people responded to the survey that was launched at the same time as the pilot project in September 2019. The survey results show 80 per cent support for the government’s speed limit pilot and an additional 82 per cent support for an increase to speed limits on more sections of 400-series highways.
The two-year pilot project is operational on Highway 402 from London to Sarnia (90 km); Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) from St. Catharines/Lincoln to Hamilton (32 km); and Highway 417 from Ottawa/Gloucester to Ontario/Quebec border (102 km).
The Ministry of Transportation is also planning to announce the opening of a fourth pilot location in northern Ontario in late spring 2020.
Germany has autobahn and much lower rates of accidents. If you raise the speed, not everybody is going to ram into something. Were not all politicians.. lol
I find that people who want higher speed limits just don’t like to follow rules,and want to justify.thrir own aberrant behaviour.
This would not curb reckless driving. Keeping it where it is now gives somewhat control on speeders. As it is the drivers don’t handle weather change very well.
I don’t because people will still speed over the limit and there will be more deaths
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