Maximum 90 Km./hr.
By julito
@antonbunot (11091)
Calgary, Alberta
September 19, 2018 11:55am CST
Years ago I was stopped (just warned not ticketed) by a cop for driving below (75 kilometers per hour) the maximum speed of 90 kilometers per hour along the highway. I told the cop that I was just following the maximum speed sign. Was I right or wrong?
Well, maximum is a Latin word. It means greatest, highest. So what I understand is we should not be driving above the maximum speed (90 kilometers per hour). It does not mean that we should not drive slower than 90 kilometers per hour.
Would it not be better if traffic signs appear like this: MAXIMUM SPEED – 90 Km/hr. MINIMUM SPEED (meaning slowest) – 85 km/hr.
If there is a maximum speed, there should also be a minimum speed.
Do I make sense? Anyway, I could not find a 90 km/hr sign, so I posted the one that I have - 60km/hr. to complement my post and to show that in Alberta the word maximum is used instead of speed limit.
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7 responses
@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
21 Sep 18
@antonbunot Yes, I think you're right that if the Maximum Speed is 90 then it's but rational that you can go below that. Bottomline is that they did not put what they really meant on those signs.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
21 Sep 18
@antonbunot Perhaps a better way to put on the sign would be "Maintain 90 KM/Hr".
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@LadyDuck (458006)
• Switzerland
20 Sep 18
The Swiss signs are a reminder of the "maximum" speed limits when going through a "city", on a normal road or on a highway. There is not a "minimum", but the rule is that you must not be a nuisance for the other vehicles. If you are alone on a road, you can go at 20 km/hr if you like.
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@LadyDuck (458006)
• Switzerland
20 Sep 18
@antonbunot 
It seems fast enough on a slow lane. I have to scream all the time "slow down" to my husband. I do not drive, if the loses his driver license we are lost.
It seems fast enough on a slow lane. I have to scream all the time "slow down" to my husband. I do not drive, if the loses his driver license we are lost.1 person likes this
@antonbunot (11091)
• Calgary, Alberta
21 Sep 18
@LadyDuck do you mean you don’t like driving???
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@antonbunot (11091)
• Calgary, Alberta
20 Sep 18
Okay . . . but I was driving 75 kilometers per hour on the slow lane . . . maybe the cop just wanted to remind me to drive a bit faster . . hahaha
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
31 Oct 18
Yes, 90 KM maximum means that we should not go above that speed and not that we need to go that speed. So, even if he ticketed you you could have contested it and would not have had to pay the fine.
@Missmwngi (12927)
• Nairobi, Kenya
19 Sep 18
I also understand it the same way as you.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
23 Sep 18
i agree with you. traffic signs should be as elaborative as what you just discussed here
