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Amsterdam: Speed limit will be 30 km/h on most roads from today (www.amsterdam.nl)

submitted 11 months ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/europe@feddit.de

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[–] QuinceDaPence@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Most school zones in the US are 20mph (32km/h). Some states will have 25mph and, for example, a highway going through a school zone that usually 65mph may go to 35-50mph when the school zone is active but this is an exception, not the rule and is done on a case by case basis.

Remember though, American roads are much larger tha European roads. Most of these school zones that go that slow there's really no need for it.

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

a highway going through a school zone

What. Aren't those supposed to be grade-separated and have no pedestrians.

[–] QuinceDaPence@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

Sometimes they are. Other times it's Main St. straight through the middle of town. And others it's through the middle of nowhere and peoples driveways straight onto it.

I've also seen dirt highways which just means it was an old highway from hundreds of years ago and just never got paved.