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Originally Posted by REDVAN
The civil engineers who design the road speed limit are people like anyone else. I am close with a bunch of civil engineers who design roads as a matter of fact, and let me say that yes they do cater the roads to the dumbest driver. A quote I hear from them often is "the average driver is quite stupid."
So consider that before thinking they design roads well. Plus, they are just like any other profession- sometimes you get gifted ones, sometimes you get decent ones, and sometimes you get people who don't know anything. Imagine if the dummy designs the road speed!?
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Like I said, lowest common denominator.
And another thing... I think that alot of these roads and limits were designed and studied years ago. Incase nobody has noticed, cars have improved drastically in handling, safety, stopping and visibility.
Time to stop mollycoddling to the insecure strugglers, and set some decent speed limits.
(Did I just say mollycoddle? I guess I've been hanging around the quilting forum too much.)