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The speed limits are not just for safety. They are also so that cars can get on the highway (some older cars or larger cars can't get to 140). Then you have tr
by rahkiin 10y ago
The speed limits are not just for safety.
They are also so that cars can get on the highway (some older cars or larger cars can't get to 140). Then you have trucks that have 80/90kph max. The differential gets large.
And then there is the issue of noise and particles in the air. Cars are most economic around 80kph.
At least these are reasons in the netherlands
- iagooar 10y agoSure, but the Netherlands being such a small country doesn't have the "need" for higher speed limits. I know the same holds true in Switzerland, where crossing the country basically takes a 3-hour drive, so there is not much you can gain from going a bit faster.