Claeren summed up my thoughts pretty much exactly. Once they put all of the interchanges and extra lanes on crowchild I was just waiting for the speed limit to be increased, but it wasn't. So the result? Everyone drives 90-110 on there in the morning.
The other funny thing I noticed, just coming back from BC on Sunday, is how fast Alberta drivers go compared to BC drivers. I think this is a product of many factors:
Not that many wealthy drivers or as many new cars in interior BC
Traffic enforcement is way stricter/more painful in BC.
If you go 90Km/h in a 50Km/h construction zone in the middle of the night when no one is working at it, you could face a $700 ticket. You will get pulled over for going 105 in a 90 in BC, where as in Alberta I've seen cops just flash the lights for people doing 90 in the 70 wildlife zone. As soon as you get out of the mountains, the flow of traffic is about 130-135.
Basically my thoughts are let people have at it on the highways (ie going 120 on deerfoot isn't that big of a deal in light traffic. Go over 130, and you should get pulled for it), but go for strict enforcement in residentials. I see way too many people going along at 70km/h and forgetting to stop for the little kid waiting to cross the street to his house.
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