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Originally Posted by username
I'm literally laughing out loud at people complaining that their commute time might go up by one minute.
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I'm not sure how I feel about this. In my experience, the vast majority of drivers in residential areas naturally drive to the conditions of the road without strict observation of the posted limits, which tends to fall far below 50km/h anyways. Those that don't and currently speed will likely continue to speed regardless of a blanket 30km/h limit. And I don't expect every crescent and boulevard to be patrolled, so I think this whole thing will amount to almost zero difference.
That said, if it really does add one minute to the average commute, and assuming someone's only leaving their house to go to and from work -
1 minute each way.
2 minutes each day.
10 minutes each week.
520 minutes each year (8 hours and 40 mins).
Over 10 years, that's nearly 4 days of your life!
In no way am I advocating that people speed or anything like that... I just find it interesting that people underestimate the cumulative affect of seemingly minor actions.