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slicrick

07-02-2014 10:16 AM

Maximum speed limit in BC has gone up

Speed limits are being increased for several BC highways - CKNW.com

Quote:

The maximum speed limit in British Columbia has been raised to 120 kilometres per hour.

Transportation Minister Todd Stone says a review has determined it is safe for drivers to travel faster along many roads.

“Speed limit changes will take place to approximately 13-hundred kilometres of rural provincial highways in the southern Interior, Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island.”

Stone says, by the end of the summer, police should have more power to ticket so-called “left-lane hogs.”

“We’re going to bring forward changes to the Motor Vehicle Act to give police better tools to enforce the requirements to keep right, except to pass.”

No speed limits are being reduced, but other changes involve better warning signs about wildlife and new rules for the use of winter tires.

EDIT: another thread was posted while I was making this one, it has some more detailed info in it about exactly where the speed limits are raised and by how much http://www.revscene.net/forums/69641...-highways.html

fliptuner

07-02-2014 10:19 AM

Quote:

Stone says, by the end of the summer, police should have more power to ticket so-called “left-lane hogs.”

They don't need more power. They just need to enforce what already exists.

dared3vil0

07-02-2014 11:26 AM

Please tell me the coq is now 120...

jaretron

07-02-2014 11:35 AM

Cool, I was just talking to a friend from Phoenix and she was telling me that a lot of their surrounding highways are 75mph (120km) and I was a little jealous.

dared3vil0

07-02-2014 12:31 PM

Finally. Hwy 1 from Whatcom-hope is 110, Coquihalla from hope-kamloops is 120.

Now what they need to do is raise hwy 1 through burnaby/coquitlam from 90 to 100, and we'd be on the right track at least.

radioman

07-02-2014 12:36 PM

^Its 80 right now isn't it? Or is that how little I care about the speeds on HWY 1 as I follow everyone else doing 110-120 :pokerface: and not care about what the actual speed is.

dared3vil0

07-02-2014 12:37 PM

During the day in sections it's back to 90, at night during construction it's 80.

Manic!

07-02-2014 12:37 PM

Maximum speed has not gone up. It's still 110 KM/H.

hk20000

07-02-2014 12:50 PM

^ no there are 120km/h sections now.

dared3vil0

07-02-2014 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Manic! (Post 8496700)

Maximum speed has not gone up. It's still 110 KM/H.

Quote:

Originally Posted by CKNW

The maximum speed limit in British Columbia has been raised to 120 kilometres per hour.

Transportation Minister Todd Stone says a review has determined it is safe for drivers to travel faster along many roads.

First line of the first post... :derp:

1BADMR2

07-02-2014 02:44 PM

It's about time this happened.

Timpo

07-02-2014 03:44 PM

Still not fast enough to be safe.

80km/h zone should be 100km/h
90km/h zone should be 110km/h
110km/h zone should be 130km/h

and some 50km/h zone should be 60km/h or 70km/h

supremematt85

07-02-2014 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Timpo (Post 8496798)

Still not fast enough to be safe.

80km/h zone should be 100km/h
90km/h zone should be 110km/h
110km/h zone should be 130km/h

and some 50km/h zone should be 60km/h or 70km/h

Go home Timpo, you're drunk.

fsy82

07-02-2014 04:05 PM

mods should combine the two threads on this topic

vantrip

07-02-2014 06:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by supremematt85 (Post 8496801)

Go home Timpo, you're drunk.

Timpo is always drunk, and high, and everything else:lawl:

Timpo

07-02-2014 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by supremematt85 (Post 8496801)

Go home Timpo, you're drunk.

actually no, I think the safest speed is 135km/h and I read it somewhere.

They're talking about 10km/h increase is not enough too.

kkthind

07-02-2014 07:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Timpo (Post 8496928)

actually no, I think the safest speed is 135km/h and I read it somewhere.

They're talking about 10km/h increase is not enough too.

Yo probably watched it in the speed kills your pocket book where German people settle their cruising speed at 135km/h

Ronin

07-02-2014 09:36 PM

Need to enforce minimum speed as well.

zilley

07-02-2014 10:12 PM

I feel that the city limit should be 60-65.

I dont mind it going 70 but I do feel that 70 is actually a lil fast..

xpl0sive

07-02-2014 10:40 PM

HWY 1 speed limit is ridiculously low. when the speed limit is at 80, everyone is going between 110 and 120. When the speed limit is 90, everyone is going between 120 and 130. The 40 over law is the only thing stopping people from going faster lol

Ronin

07-02-2014 10:42 PM

I go as fast as is appropriate. I spend all my time looking for cops rather than my speedo.

Timpo

07-02-2014 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xpl0sive (Post 8497097)

We know that "40km/h over the limit = excessive speed" is complete bullshit anyways.

If you go 65km/h on 30km/h School Zone (116% over the speed limit): NOT EXCESSIVE
However, if you go 150km/h on 110km/h zone on highway (36% over the speed limit): EXCESSIVE SPEED

Timpo

07-02-2014 11:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kkthind (Post 8496933)

Yo probably watched it in the speed kills your pocket book where German people settle their cruising speed at 135km/h

yeah I think that's the one

Timpo

07-02-2014 11:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zilley (Post 8497073)

I feel that the city limit should be 60-65.

I dont mind it going 70 but I do feel that 70 is actually a lil fast..

I think Downtown Vancouver should be kept at 50km/h

But I think some 50km/h zone should be 70km/h just like Speed Kills Your Pocketbook video said.

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