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Originally Posted by SebC
What makes speed limits arbitrary is that they are so far below the design speeds. You could design a road for 200 km/h but it would still have a 110 km/h speed limit because that's the highest allowed in Canada.
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Sorta. It's true that large portions of roads are built well over design speeds. But where there are lots of constraints, they will design roads down to the minimum design requirement. That's where higher speeds can get more dangerous.
But again, where the arbitrary numbers come from are the safety factors built into those design speeds.
Anyway why am I discussing roads again? I thought we were talking about sexy kids or something.
