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50 kmh isn't much, even for city driving.
It's plenty for most cities in the world.
I know in the US everyone's driving at 120mph through tight city streets while shooting children, but the rest of the world isn't like that.
Hello from New Zealand.
Hello from Vietnam.
So I guess New Zealand also like charging all over the place at speeds more likely to kill pedestrians?
TBH the only city I've been in where most of the traffic is at over 50mph is Singapore, and that wasn't a good thing.
Well yeah, but the reason I said it is that my city is on an isthmus and the easiest way to get from one side to the other is by highway.
ok, I'd say to try doing a typical journey including a bit of the highway, but cap your speed ... and see how much time difference it really makes.
Most people here are chilled about getting to work at 30-50kph, it's a mindset.
India?
Are you asking if people in India go fast, or if I'm in India?
Sorry, I just mean that I heard people drive like absolute maniacs there.
People do drive like maniacs in many parts of India, but people don't drive 50 km/hr in a city unless they have a death wish and enough money to pay a lot of traffic fines.
Ah ok, yes that is the case, but a lot if its from the lack of written rules of the road that actually get followed, the state of disrepair of the vehicles, plus the state of some of the roads ... rather than the all-out speed people are going at
My best guess is it will be part of their public transport system. As an example, in Mexico City they have small vans that run up and down a hill but spend most of their time at the base of the hill waiting to go back up. They could charge for a bit while they wait at the bottom.
That's more than enough speed in an urban area. Safety is more important than speed.
Considering how.much people look at their phones instead of the road I think 30km/h should be the max in cities.
Most of Japan's cities are 20-30. There are some bigger, multi-lane roads that are 40 or 50. It kinda depends on road size, curvatures, and how residential the area is.
50 is higher than most people can drive in a city because of traffic.
Dublin city centre is 30kph limit.
Can it do 50 up a long gentle hill with 6 occupants or 50 on a flat well paved road, a slight tail wind and a jockey who just took a shit behind the wheel?
Car brain alerta.... Car brain alert.
Speed limit in cities in Denmark is 50 km/h with many places being 40 or lower, so it would be quite relevant here
Well apart from most of the major arteries and ring roads typically being 60 or 70 km/h in larger towns and cities... You are not going to be very popular puttering down "Ringvejen" at 50. The occasional tractor or other machinery causes enough bunching up as is...
hehe true, but I'm not saying people need to drive 50 on ringvejen.
I'm instead saying that 50 km/h is sufficient for many places (but not all) in cities.