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Inside Voices
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CBC: Speed cameras are controversial in Canada. So why does Europe love them?

#SpeedCameras #SpeedLimits
#LawEnforcement #Canada
#Europe #HighwayAnarchy

"'People want speeds to be reduced.'”

www.cbc.ca/news/world/s...
Speed cameras are controversial in Canada. So why does Europe love them? | CBC News
Speed cameras are widely in use across Europe, where studies have shown they are highly effective at preventing accidents.
www.cbc.ca
October 30, 2025 at 9:05 AM Everybody can reply
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thebeepau.bsky.social
TheBeep.com.au
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Australia’s rural speed limits could soon drop from 100km/h to as low as 70km/h under a new Federal Government proposal 🚗💨

#roadsafety #australianews #speedlimits #ruralroads #thebeep
October 20, 2025 at 7:37 AM Everybody can reply
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mkkeown.bsky.social
Mary Katherine Keown
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This doesn't happen very often in #GreaterSudbury. The ops cmte voted this wk to increase #SpeedLimits on parts of MR15 from 60 km/h to 70 km/h. Apparently motorists had been complaining the speed limit was too low.

www.thesudburystar.com/news/greater...
Greater Sudbury committee agrees to increase speed limit on parts of Municipal Road 15
Slower speed is frustrating drivers, especially those trying to avoid truck traffic along the route, city councillors told.
www.thesudburystar.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:30 AM Everybody can reply
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dft-answers.bsky.social
DfT Answers
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A question on #SpeedLimits #WestMidlands tabled by Sir Andrew Mitchell on 10-10-2025 has been answered by Lilian Greenwood. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-10-10/78013
October 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM Everybody can reply
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Dr Paul Mackey
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“Reducing residential #speedlimits from 50km/h to 30 km/h would protect cyclists from danger and make riding less stressful while not causing traffic delays for cars,”
Switching 50km/h speed limits to 30km/h would protect cyclists while barely affecting commutes, research finds | Cycling | The Guardian
One expert says a cyclist hit by a car travelling 50km/h has about a one-in-ten chance of surviving, while at 30km/h it was a nine-in-ten chance
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October 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM Everybody can reply
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/15/switching-50kmh-speed-limits-to-30kmh-would-protect-cyclists-while-barely-affecting-commutes-research-finds?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

“Reducing residential #speedlimits from 50km/h to 30 km/h would protect cyclists from danger and make riding […]
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October 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM Everybody can reply
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Bedford Independent
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Wootton Earth is going on?, Ego boost, Speed check and True Bedfordian. Bedford Ian has been looking at recent goings on across Bedford Borough and tells us what he thinks of it all...

#Bedford #BedfordNews #Satire #CouncilTax #Brewery #SpeedLimits #Politics
Bedford Ian writes... - Bedford Independent
Bedford Ian has been looking at recent goings on across Bedford Borough and tells us what he thinks of it all…
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October 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM Everybody can reply
cptkrustenkaese.bsky.social
Cpt. Cheesy Crust
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11h5m mit Verbrenner veranschlagt, es waren 11h51m mit dem #EAuto Speedlimits eingehalten und selbst VMax 120 km/h.

Digitale Streckenmaut in AT sehr nice. Mit 50km/h durch die Mautstelle fahren während Hubert nebenan Ansteht und Münzgeld raus sucht. Rechnung kommt Automatisch kurz danach per Email.
September 29, 2025 at 7:27 AM Everybody can reply
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ucberkeleysafetrec.bsky.social
UC Berkeley SafeTREC
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SafeTREC/CPBS #Research led by Julia Griswold & UWM Robert Schneider highlights "new framework for a context-sensitive roadway classification that can offer states a way to consider context, not just vehicle movement, in setting #SpeedLimits": ssti.us/2025/09/09/m... #SpeedManagement #RoadSafety
More states are moving away from the 85th percentile rule to set speeds
By Eric Murphy States are increasingly moving past the outdated “85th percentile rule” for setting speed limits, weighing factors other than the observed traffic flow in those calculations. The AP rec...
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September 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM Everybody can reply
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rgw3d.com
Richard
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Finally got the good SQL query running against the best datasets that I have:
1) CAGIS Hamilton County Polygons
2) Snowplow priority routes -- multistring with road speedlimits!
3) Pothole report data since 2023
4) Cincinnati City Outline
3d chart of speed limit vs. pothole counts vs. the pavement width. Wider roads = higher speed = higher pothole counts With ham_current_with_snowplow as ( with ham_current_in_cincinnati as ( select hc.* from ham_current hc JOIN cincinnati_boundary cb ON ST_Intersects(hc.geom, cb.geom) ), candidate_matches AS ( SELECT hc.id AS ham_id, sp.*, -- clip the route inside the polygon ST_Length(ST_Intersection(hc.geom, sp.geom)::geography) AS overlap_length FROM ham_current_in_cincinnati hc JOIN snowplow_priority_final sp ON ST_Intersects(hc.geom, sp.geom) WHERE sp.segtype = 'ROAD' ), ranked_matches AS ( SELECT cm.*, -- ham_id, -- id, -- snowplow_id -- geom, -- snowplow_geom -- overlap_length, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY ham_id ORDER BY overlap_length DESC) AS rn FROM candidate_matches cm ) SELECT hc.*, rm.priority, rm.speedlimit FROM ham_current_in_cincinnati hc LEFT JOIN ranked_matches rm ON hc.id = rm.ham_id AND rm.rn = 1 ), pothole_nearest AS ( SELECT p."SR_NUMBER" AS pothole_id, p.*, hc.id AS ham_id FROM potholes_export p JOIN LATERAL ( SELECT hc.id, ST_Distance(p.geom, hc.geom) AS dist_m FROM ham_current_with_snowplow hc WHERE ST_DWithin(p.geom, hc.geom, 0.005) -- 50 meters ORDER BY ST_Distance(p.geom, hc.geom) LIMIT 1 ) hc ON TRUE ), pothole_summary AS ( SELECT pn.ham_id, COUNT(*) AS pothole_reports, sum(pn."NUM_POTHOLES") as pothole_count, jsonb_agg(to_jsonb(pn)) AS potholes -- all columns from potholes_export as JSON objects FROM pothole_nearest pn GROUP BY pn.ham_id ) SELECT hc.*, ps.pothole_reports, ps.pothole_count, hc.speedlimit FROM pothole_summary ps join ham_current_with_snowplow hc ON hc.id = ps.ham_id
September 12, 2025 at 6:13 AM Everybody can reply
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dft-answers.bsky.social
DfT Answers
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A question on #SpeedLimits #RuralAreas tabled by Ellie Chowns on 21-07-2025 has been answered by Lilian Greenwood. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-07-21/69605
September 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM Everybody can reply
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oachkatzlschwoafin.bsky.social
Katzl
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Most US cities do have speedlimits of 30 mph or less....
Until you get west of the Mississippi.
And the fines are negligible for most.
We can legislate until we're blue in the face, but until there is sufficient compliance/enforcement, laws are meaningless.

www.forbes.com/sites/dougme...
President Carter’s Belief In Diversity Led To The 55mph Speed Limit
In 1975, General Benjamin O Davis Jr would get a call from President Jimmy Carter to implement the 55mph Speed Limit Nationwide. A first for a Black American.
www.forbes.com
August 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM Everybody can reply
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Peace ☮️ Love ❤️ Music 🎸
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Riot's breaking speedlimits here. The album cover is forgiven. Fire Down Under. \m/

Flame and chrome, it burns the night
Through your eyes and in your mind.
Explode with savage thunder
Hells gate, next up in line...

#musicsky
#Music
#NowPlaying
#MusicChallenge
#readandplay
#lookandsee
#Rock
Fire Down Under
YouTube video by Riot - Topic
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August 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM Everybody can reply
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kraushirn.bsky.social
Kraeuselhirn
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Coming just now back from the Bodensee Area where Speedlimits alternate between 100 (open street) and 30 (Village) every so often I can only see that as a massive non-issue
August 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM Everybody can reply
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News Mason
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#trends today for 'crime victim' 'mid season' & 'speed limits'

Click/Tap below:

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www.newsmason.com?query=%22mid...

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#crimevictim #midseason #speedlimits
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August 19, 2025 at 3:42 AM Everybody can reply
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Inside Voices
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AP text & photos (6): States rethink a long-held practice of setting speed limits based on how fast drivers travel

#SpeedLimits #Driving
#AnarchyOnWheels

"The reason dates back to studies on rural roads from the 1930s and 1940s ..."

apnews.com/article/spee...
States rethink a long-held practice of setting speed limits based on how fast drivers travel
Road safety activists and some states are pushing to depart from a longstanding rule that sets speed limits in the United States based largely on how fast drivers actually travel.
apnews.com
August 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM Everybody can reply
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newsanalysis.com
News Analysis
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Decades-old 85th percentile rule influences US speed limits. Federal Highway Administration clarifies its non-mandatory status, prompting states to reconsider & prioritize safety factors like pedestrian risk & crash frequency. #SpeedLimits #News
A decades-old rule lets drivers set speed limits on US roads. That could be changing
Decades-old 85th percentile rule influences US speed limits. Federal Highway Administration clarifi...
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August 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM Everybody can reply
ryan.helegrod.dev
Ryan
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"We need traffic cams, we need cars that limit themselves to local speedlimits"

I feel like "banning cars in densely populated urban areas" is a better solution than "surveillance state" tbh.

If your car has an internet connection you bought a bad product
August 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM Everybody can reply
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peacelovemusic25.bsky.social
Peace ☮️ Love ❤️ Music 🎸
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Speedlimits are broken here. High engergy. Arctic Monkeys. Brainstorm. \m/

'Cause we can't take our eyes off
the t-shirt and ties combination
Well, see you later, innovator...

#musicsky
#Music
#NowPlaying
#NowSpinning
#MusicChallenge
#Rock
Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm (Official Video)
YouTube video by Domino Recording Co.
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August 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM Everybody can reply
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backyardempress.bsky.social
Back Yard Empress
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Aw the good old days. #Speedlimits
August 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM Everybody can reply
aliisk.bsky.social
Aliis Kodis
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Has motonormativity made us so detached from reality we are no longer interested in offering our neighbours and communities a little basic civility?
#20mph #philjones #welshgovernment #wrexham #finland #manualforstreets #activetravel #equalityact #pedestrians #cyclists #speedlimits #motonormativity
Two Minutes, Helsinki and… Acceptable Death Tolls in Wales?
Or, transport planning in Wales takes a huge retrograde step
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August 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM Everybody can reply
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Katja Diehl
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Nationalism for me here is the "drug" in regards of offering the only country without speedlimits as a tourism spot for people around you.
Nothing to do with nationalism. I is just "logic" that we should implement speed limits.
August 5, 2025 at 7:39 AM Everybody can reply
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urbanakl.bsky.social
UrbanAKL
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If only Aotearoa had such an evidence-based judicial system.

We could've easily rejected the bullshit "economic growth" arguments that justify increasing speedlimits, cutting cycling & pedestrian improvements, and building multi-lane highways with a BCR of <1.

#nzpol
July 30, 2025 at 9:23 PM Everybody can reply
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factrage.bsky.social
FactRage
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Slow Your Roll: The Unseen History and Evolving Purpose of America's Speed Limits

#SpeedLimits #TransportationHistory #RoadSafety #Policy #55mph #AutonomousVehicles #FactRage #FactRageNews

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The History of Speed Limits: From Colonial Carts to Autonomous Cars
"Explore the surprising history of U.S. speed limits, from colonial laws to the 55 mph national mandate, its repeal, and the future of road safety."
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July 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM Everybody can reply