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> * 40 km/h speed limit in most small towns. Nope. 50, with 30 km/h slow zones outside schools and such. I don't think I've ever seen a 40 sign.

• dschiptsov 12y ago
  Dalarna.
  • hjalle 12y ago
    Where? Schools and such are 30 and as far as I know its the same for the whole country. At least in Hedemora.
    • dschiptsov 12y ago
      In Leksand the local kommun put 40s everywhere. I think it is only in small towns where local municipality could rule on speed limits on the streets. In Borlange, for example, everything is fine - speed limit on main streets is 60. 30 near schools is a countrywide rule.
• MAGZine 12y ago
  In the town I live, the speed limit is 40 km/h unless otherwise posted. i.e., you'll never see a 40 sign, because that's implied!
  • Flow 12y ago
    Are you from Finland perhaps? I did read somewhere that they considered making 40km/h the default speed in all Finnish cities.
• kalleboo 12y ago
  40 km/h in towns is common in Skåne. Malmö, Ystad, Sjöbo, Skurup, Vellinge, Svedala, Hörby, Helsingborg, Höganäs, Båstad, etc
• Spidler 12y ago
  In cities: 40km/h on larger (roads designed to pass traffic through the town) and 30km/h on smaller (streets between blocks and inner-city) is the standard in Norrköping and several other parts of Östergötland. (Sweden) This, among with _removing_ traffic lights, both in favour of roundabouts, right-side-rule, and raised plaza-crossings (cars have to give way to pedestrians&bikes) have effectively reduced the amount of person damage in collisions. Walking plazas have an interesting effect in that it can cause an increase in small bumper hits on cars, but they reduce the speed of traffic by a lot, and change the flow of the street.