I tried using the QEW HOV lanes last Sunday but the regular lanes were moving faster because of a dodo going exactly at the limit in the HOV lane.
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Increased hwy speed limit
- Thread starter arogal
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I tried using the QEW HOV lanes last Sunday but the regular lanes were moving faster because of a dodo going exactly at the limit in the HOV lane.
"We did a pilot at 110 and FA happened, so therefore the new speed limit is 120/130"
It appears that it will be rewritten to be (a) 50 over posted limit, or (b) over 150 km/h.
Almost every speed limit is too low
Speed limits have little effect on how fast people choose to drive, which means more than half of drivers are breaking the law at all times.
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This is part of why riding in Europe is an absolute pleasure. Especially when riding the alps, those speed limits do not mess around. I'm a seasoned rider and I found myself going well below the speed limit at times and still flying at a pretty good pace. I few times I tried to keep up to the speed limit through the curves and I had to let off.
The mentality is great, ride or drive within your limits. If you can safely go faster... enjoy.
Germany, Austria are diligent about road signage (and ensuring that speed limits are appropriate). Some of the other european countries - Italy is the one I have experience with - not so much; they have plenty of rural roads with arbitrary (low) speed limits. And ... German and Austrian drivers for the most part diligently follow the rules (which make sense). Italians ignore them; speed limits only apply to Italian drivers when passing a speed camera.
Interesting concept. By raising the speed limit, the tiny percentage of people that actually listen to the signs speed up and create a safer situation with less variation in speed.
ever watch 44 teeth on youtube? Guy got caught speeding in Austria, something like $300 euro fine and banned for driving in Switzerland for a few years.
Doesn't make sense that he would be caught in Austria and banned in Switzerland ... (Switzerland isn't even part of the EU)
Switzerland has lots of speed cameras, the tolerance is 3 km/h, and fines are huge. But, the speed limits generally make sense.
Switzerland has lots of speed cameras, the tolerance is 3 km/h, and fines are huge. But, the speed limits generally make sense.
I82l8
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Some speeding fines in Scandinavian countries are income dependant. I think the highest fines in the world have been in Finland or Norway.
Italians are just impatient. They may think they are good drivers on the whole but they cause issues too. Roundabouts work well in Europe unless there’s lots of Italians about in which case they are useless.
Italians are just impatient. They may think they are good drivers on the whole but they cause issues too. Roundabouts work well in Europe unless there’s lots of Italians about in which case they are useless.
The 44teeth video is this one and he was banned for 3 months from driving in Switzerland and fined 4000 Swiss Francs which is approx 5300 in CDN $ and had to pay on the spot since he was a foreigner and it was for 144 KM/H in an 80 zone. If he was Swiss and not from the UK it would have been much worse a 2 month license suspension and possible jail time plus the bike gets auctioned off with all the money going back to the state.
That is intense... the zero alcohol can get you in a lot of trouble if you had a beer over lunch, something I did a day or two while taking in the views on a hot sunny day in the alps, something I didn't even think about at the time.
Either way don't let this vid deter you from visiting Switzerland on a bike... they are the highest mountain passes in the alps, and unforgettable to witness and ride. Going 144 in an 80 means these guys were going pretty damn quick (and they look pretty hypocritical when they start criticizing other riders for speeding during their post ticket conversation – I actually thought they were joking at first).
Rent an adventure bike and you'll have less of a desire to tear up the roads, plus realize that the faster you speed the less time you'll have to soak up the views which seem to get better and better around every turn.
Go to Google Maps and look up Andermatt, Switzerland. It's surrounded by mountain passes in every direction. Grimsel ... Susten ... Furka ... San Gottard (be sure to take the old road, not the motorway/tunnel) ... Oberalp ... San Bernardino is not far away.
Look around a bit: Google Maps
Look around a bit: Google Maps
Very familiar with Andermatt, been there twice and rode the grimsel , furka And san gottard. Missed the susten because it was closed due to snow fall unfortunately.
Is andermatt where they were stopped?
Rented. 2012 it was outside England, and in 2013 it was in Munich, Germany. There are so many places that rent unlike here. A lot of motorcycle dealerships rent out their new bikes, that's what happened in 2013 with the Triumphs we rented.
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