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Ontario raises highway speed limits to 110 km/h
Original: this is a really bad idea. basic physics teaches us that raising speed by 10% raises the carnage in an accident by **21%
Ontario's conservative government has raised speed limits from 100 km/h to 110 km/h on nine sections of provincial highways, announced Wednesday. Critics are pushing back, arguing that even a modest 10% increase in speed substantially raises the energy involved in crashes and therefore the severity of injuries, citing basic physics to warn the change could lead to more carnage on the roads.
Why now: The government's decision to raise speed limits has sparked safety criticism based on physics arguments about crash severity.
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