I'm in northern France just next to Belgium, where urban development basically forms long strings of city houses along the roads instead of well defined towns.

I'm in northern France just next to Belgium, where urban development basically forms long strings of city houses along the roads instead of well defined towns. Depending on where he is in Belgium it might be the same for him. Because of that, there are often very long stretches of mostly straight road limited to 50 km/h with regular 30 km/h sections in the more urban areas... cruise control is almost necessary if you really want to respect the speed limit.