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Semi-related rant: Boulder's 20mph residential speed limit is so annoying. I have a stick, and it likes to be in 3rd gear at 25mph. At 20mph, it's reving high i
by Balgair 2y ago
Semi-related rant: Boulder's 20mph residential speed limit is so annoying. I have a stick, and it likes to be in 3rd gear at 25mph. At 20mph, it's reving high in 2nd and annoys the hell out of me. The same is mostly true for my automatic, but slightly less.
Like, I can get behind the law change for safety reasons, but all the signs say it's for emission reasons. And I can tell you that my gas usage is higher at 20pmh than at 25mph. Sure, yeah, there's some study out there that ... blah blah blah.
Look, Boulder City Council is just crazy with their roads, I hate it.
- thatswrong0 2y agoSkill issue. 20mph residential streets makes so much sense from literally every other perspective other than your own.
- Balgair 2y agohow so?
- thatswrong0 2y agoBecause residential streets have people and kids on them. Lower speeds greatly increase the odds of survival in car collisions with pedestrians. Plus it just makes everything feel calmer and safer, especially for cyclists and pedestrians. Who doesn’t want more walkable neighborhoods? If you’ve ever lived anywhere with sane residential speed limits, this would be a no brainer. And being able to go 25mph vs 20mph saves very little time on residential streets - you’re not traveling 10s of miles on them on any given trip. If you’re going 5 miles for example, that’s 12 vs 15 minutes, assuming you’re going exactly that speed the whole time, which you’re not, because there are stop signs and roundabouts everywhere. So it becomes pretty negligible.
- pavel_lishin 2y ago> I can tell you that my gas usage is higher at 20pmh than at 25mph. Thank you for your anecdote. We shall add it to the pile.
- kyleee 2y agoYou could do 15 mph in 2nd gear, that would solve the issue for all and you’d be less likely to maim or kill a pedestrian, which is nice