Posted Speed,  Operating Speed and Speed Enforcement

Posted Speed, Operating Speed and Speed Enforcement

While maximum speeds are posted along almost all roads and highways in Ontario that has little to do with the operating speed, which is the average speed that vehicles are observed to travel. Speed enforcement is the police function of controlling the speed of...
Highway 401 Safety Issues – Average Speed

Highway 401 Safety Issues – Average Speed

Observations of average speeds of vehicles travelling along Highway 401 have been updated as a result of further analysis of the videotape obtained from four sites. It can be recalled from previous postings that Gorski Consulting has conducted videotaped observations...
Observed Speed of Vehicles On Hwy 401 At Four Sites

Observed Speed of Vehicles On Hwy 401 At Four Sites

What kind of safety problems exist along the busiest highway in Canada? Government agencies such as the Ontario Ministry of Transportation monitor traffic along Highway 401 but that information is not made available to the public. Some of this data could be...