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No, I agree with you. Especially since aside from the driver's safety, a lot of times, speed limits aren't about the safety of those in the car but to reduce th

• gerdesj 3y ago
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• landemva 3y ago
  I'm not familiar with noise as a speed consideration by my State DOT. Do you have a reference to the noise consideration for speed limits in the law/rule for your locale?
  • stonogo 3y ago
    https://www.dot.state.mn.us/environment/noise/pdf/metro-noise-study.pdf https://www.dot.state.mn.us/environment/noise/pdf/metro-nois... page 6: Minnesota classes some speed limit reductions as noise abatement. Washington refers to modifying speed limits with the goal of noise abatement: https://wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2021-10/ENV-ANE-NoisePolicy2020.pdf https://wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2021-10/ENV-ANE-Noi... page 20 Delaware includes modifying speed limits (classed as traffic management) for noise abatement: https://deldot.gov/Programs/highway_noise/index.shtml https://deldot.gov/Programs/highway_noise/index.shtml as a counterexample, https://wisconsindot.gov/dtsdManuals/traffic-ops/manuals-and-standards/teops/13-05.pdf https://wisconsindot.gov/dtsdManuals/traffic-ops/manuals-and... various pages: Wisconsin forbids using speed limit reductions as noise abatement.
    • landemva 3y ago
      Wow, noise measurements seem prone to manipulation. I am familiar with a State that measures actual travel speeds, throws out lows and highs, takes some %, and that is the speed limit ( <= max by law ).