Some thoughts on New Brunswick
They don't seem too concerned with speed limits here. Whether the limit is 80, 90, 100, or 110 doesn't seem to matter. I try to aim for 5 to 10 kph over the limit. (Hard to manage when you don't have cruise. I didn't know they made cars without cruise control any more.) I don't pass many people, but lots pass me. Today, (although it was just into Nova Scotia) I was passed by an RCMP cruiser, without lights or siren, doing 125 to 130 in a 110 zone.
Road conditions here vary widely, just like at home. Whether it is a local road, a secondary highway, or a major expressway, they vary from new and modern to not much better than a cart path. And there are plenty of km of the latter.
We are all familiar with the four lane, divided, controlled access highway. But out here in NB and today in NS I experienced something new to me - a two lane, undivided, controlled access highway. I guess the impetus for these comes from all the secondary highways that are almost like city streets with all the houses and driveways and speed limits of 70 or 80 kph. You build a new highway to get cars off of those roads and allow higher speeds, even if the traffic volume doesn't warrant four lanes.
As we drove down these secondary highways lined with houses on both sides, we often asked oursleves, "What do people do here?" On the coast, many people fish. In the interior, many people are in forestry. But we just can't believe that explains all these people.
Road conditions here vary widely, just like at home. Whether it is a local road, a secondary highway, or a major expressway, they vary from new and modern to not much better than a cart path. And there are plenty of km of the latter.
We are all familiar with the four lane, divided, controlled access highway. But out here in NB and today in NS I experienced something new to me - a two lane, undivided, controlled access highway. I guess the impetus for these comes from all the secondary highways that are almost like city streets with all the houses and driveways and speed limits of 70 or 80 kph. You build a new highway to get cars off of those roads and allow higher speeds, even if the traffic volume doesn't warrant four lanes.
As we drove down these secondary highways lined with houses on both sides, we often asked oursleves, "What do people do here?" On the coast, many people fish. In the interior, many people are in forestry. But we just can't believe that explains all these people.
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