Shower thought: Rather than traffic speed signs telling drivers how fast they are going, they should post what the consequence is for their current speed.
Shower thought: Rather than traffic speed signs telling drivers how fast they are going, they should post what the consequence is for their current speed.
It might be more effective for the sign to read "4 points + $280 fine" instead of "80km/h" when you're in a 40km/h zone, no?
You need to design your streets appropriately and the speed limit will be followed. If you design stroads like a race track, people will speed on it like a race track
If your streets are narrower, has curves, chicanes and trees, it naturally forces drivers to reduce speed without needing speed bumps / radars / giant speed signs (the faster you go, bigger signage is required)
I absolutely know what should be done, but it's extremely difficult to convince planners and decision makers to do it.
Hell, I was told by a city planner that the only way they could put painted lines on some bike routes was if they kept on-street parking (NIMBYs did not want safe roads).
So, now have bike routes with painted "bike lanes", but people just use it as a parking lane, making it more dangerous for cyclists... maddening, and unnecessarily frustrating.
And in other areas, we have bollards to slow down traffic, but guess what? Assholes park in a way that makes it dangerous for cyclists!
Like this guy:
Or this guy:
Not really sure how to say this in english, but this case i'd say the problem in not only at the front-side (bad design) but also on the back-side (enforcing the rules). Rules that aren't enforced are merely suggestions.