Re: Another Tragedy on Highway 95

[G M <herecomestheflood@yahoo.com>]

--- Dan Schmidt <schmidt6@Turbonet.com> wrote: (snip)
> Dave, I was interested to find out the thinking
> behind posting speed limits
> on city streets. The city engineer explained that
> streets are monitored and
> the posted limit is supposed to be what 80% of the
> vehicles traveling that
> route hit. Unless there is a strong safety issue
> that is the method for
> city streets.Leadership by consensus. 
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I find this alarming, a bit like the formula used to
raise speed limits on our nation's highways - "we're
raising them because motorists are driving faster than
the current speed limit (i.e. breaking the law)..."

Is it really true that speed limits within the city
are established based on how fast vehicles are moving
as opposed to what a safe speed would be?  And what
consitutes a "strong" safety issue?

Greg Meyer



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