You may live in a land down under, but it's the exact same deal up in the frozen north here. Highway max is 110 Km/h in some provinces and streets range from 40-60 Km/h.

Totally ridiculous of course. Every try actually driving 40? lol

On Canada's biggest highways - the 400 series - most people generally drive 120-130 Km/h in good weather. Cops don't usually bust you unless their municipal budgets are getting low in which case they'll set up a massive supplemental tax collection operation, er, "speed trap" and they'll nail all drivers going over 115.

I ALWAYS fight all my speeding tickets and I've got a pretty decent record of success - about 50/50. Even if I don't win I usually wrangle a lesser fine.

Your bit about the 'speed kills' and brainwashing couldn't be more spot on. The powers that be want those ancient limits to stay put in order to justify larger fines and more cash. Has nothing to do with safety.

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