[Wayne Maybury]

You wanna hear about stupid traffic laws, how about this? The posted speed limit on just about 100% of the local municipal roads here is 30 km per hour. That is 18 mph. No one, and I mean no one goes 18 mph. In addition to that, the town has installed 4 way stop signs at just about every intersection. I find myself slowing down to the speed limit going through the stop signs.

Virtually no one obeys the speed limit and very few people now stop at the stop signs. I have watched school buses, police cars, most cars & trucks, as well as city workers (who don't do anything anyway) run the stop signs. The next town over even has begun to put up stop signs where there is no intersection in a few places. I have seen school buses full of kids pass my house at 60 or 70 kph in the 30 kph zone.

I believe that several years ago some genius had the idea to post 30kph hoping that people would not exceed 50 kph (30mph) and the same idiot decided to put stop signs everywhere to further slow down the traffic. Drivers have not really slowed down nor are they stopping more. Everyone is driving the same as before but just breaking the law more now.

Wayne

Edited for grammar