How are speed limits determined?

[wagonrunner]

The Eastern Main Road is 80km/h from the Valenica Bypass to Turure Road.
Drivers can stop to turn off / on anywhere along it. Including right turns across traffic without traffic signals.

The Rivulet road is 50km/h.
Does not have as many places to turn off.
Has Traffic signals for all right turns.

The Southern Main Road from Caroni Savannah Road to Caroni Bank Road is 50km/h
It is a dual carriageway.
It has less places to turn off than the Eastern Main Road
There are no right turns. Has roundabouts and Traffic Signals.

[sMASH]

me, i always thought was using system callled Vie Ki Vie

[Eagle View Enterprises]

Shirvan road in Tobago is 80kph...go figure

[88sins]

you wanna kno how speed limits are set?
by people that have no clue wtf they doing or what it should be when taking traffic flows, road conditions & an area's population density into account

[dux]

Story posted on Nov5,2015.
Speed cameras are not for safety but to make money. UK Police admit to "CASH COW" on citizens.

GOOGLE IT.
CHECK IF IT'S A TRUE STORY. (PLEASE!)
UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS MEANS IF THE NUMBER ONE POLICE FORCE IN THE WORLD ADMITS THIS.

Answer to OP's question = It's what the "deliberately miseducated public accepts"

[ProtonPowder]

Isnt Waze owned by google? That editor looks nearly identical to the OpenStreetMap editor.

But on topic though, is a pack of assness. The south trunk road after the sando bypass interchange is 50kmph in front of sting/gulf view, but the rienzi kirton 'highway' in front of skinner park and SAPA is 80kmph.

Too arbitrary

[ek4ever]

Story posted on Nov5,2015.
Speed cameras are not for safety but to make money. UK Police admit to "CASH COW" on citizens.

GOOGLE IT.
CHECK IF IT'S A TRUE STORY. (PLEASE!)
UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS MEANS IF THE NUMBER ONE POLICE FORCE IN THE WORLD ADMITS THIS.

Answer to OP's question = It's what the "deliberately miseducated public accepts"

Also, stop light cameras have been shown to increase the incidence of crashes, but of course no one here looked into this

https://www.hg.org/legal-articles/unint ... ents-19125

[Slartibartfast]

That remains a mystery. I know for certain that it is not based on the design of the road; at least for the vast majority of roads. I'm tired of hearing people say our road only designed for the speed limits posted. This is completely false in almost all cases. In almost all cases there is no correlation between roadway design and speed limit in Trinidad and Tobago.

[redmanjp]

Story posted on Nov5,2015.
Speed cameras are not for safety but to make money. UK Police admit to "CASH COW" on citizens.

GOOGLE IT.
CHECK IF IT'S A TRUE STORY. (PLEASE!)
UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS MEANS IF THE NUMBER ONE POLICE FORCE IN THE WORLD ADMITS THIS.

Answer to OP's question = It's what the "deliberately miseducated public accepts"

Also, stop light cameras have been shown to increase the incidence of crashes, but of course no one here looked into this

https://www.hg.org/legal-articles/unint ... ents-19125

if they set an adequate yellow time this shouldn't be a problem as drivers would have time to make a decision to stop or go through- though i read somewhere that the total time for yellow lights in a certain city was deliberately reduced so as to ketch drivers.

[redmanjp]

That remains a mystery. I know for certain that it is not based on the design of the road; at least for the vast majority of roads. I'm tired of hearing people say our road only designed for the speed limits posted. This is completely false in almost all cases. In almost all cases there is no correlation between roadway design and speed limit in Trinidad and Tobago.

when they were considering the increase in the highway speed limits it was said that the major highways are currently designed for 120kph, but they went with 100.

[aaron17]

Am I dreaming? The signs on the rivulet road all saying 80kmph.

[carluva]

Am I dreaming? The signs on the rivulet road all saying 80kmph.

The posted speed limit on the rivulet road is 50 km/h.

I did a defensive driving course with those folks in Camden, can't recall their names. In that course, the instructor told us that speed limits were set based on the three "S"... Size of road, Surface of road and Shoulder.

So, the example they used was the Valencia Stretch.... the speed limit there is 80km/h, but according to them, that is because the road is a wide road, with a good surface and a big shoulder area that affords motorists the ability to maneuver their vehicle in an incident. Compared to the Rivulet Road which is also a wide road, with a good surface but a small shoulder close to cane patches that don't give motorists a road buffer per se.

It seems like a plausible explanation, though I cannot corroborate on the legitimacy of those facts.

[computercentral]

New speed limit posted yesterday at 80 kph on rivulet and by caroni license office

[aaron17]

They need to cut those grasses covering the shoulders.

[carluva]

New speed limit posted yesterday at 80 kph on rivulet and by caroni license office

Yes... I only just saw them this morning. So yeah speed limit on Rivulet is 80 km/h.

[rebound]

Finally a sensible speed..

[MG Man]

hopefully now they drop tickets like rain on anybody doing over 80 on Rivulet

[wagonrunner]

Am I dreaming? The signs on the rivulet road all saying 80kmph.

WHOAGAAARRRRRRRRRRDDDDDD!!!!!!!!

Any news on sando bypass, or is that still at 40km/h?

[De Dragon]

New speed limit posted yesterday at 80 kph on rivulet and by caroni license office

Yes... I only just saw them this morning. So yeah speed limit on Rivulet is 80 km/h.

Hardly any one drove less than that anyway, hence the nickname of Couva Highway.

[sMASH]

hopefully now they drop tickets like rain on anybody doing over 80 on Rivulet

Now it's justified.

[rebound]

Yup 50 was ridiculous....80 is fine

[MG Man]

Yup 50 was ridiculous....80 is fine

did 80 on Rivulet yesterday and was still assaulted by speeding jackasses in both directions

[wagonrunner]

Yup 50 was ridiculous....80 is fine

did 80 on Rivulet yesterday and was still assaulted by speeding jackasses in both directions

stop advertising that you go both ways, and try driving at 80km/h instead of "doing 80". is that like "audi 500"?
you young people.

[MG Man]

Yup 50 was ridiculous....80 is fine

did 80 on Rivulet yesterday and was still assaulted by speeding jackasses in both directions

stop advertising that you go both ways, and try driving at 80km/h instead of "doing 80". is that like "audi 500"?
you young people.

So because you jam both my pedals one time, you feel issa free for all?

[wagonrunner]

So because you jam both my pedals one time, you feel issa free for all?

it stop?
send me the voice note of you singing this chorus again.

[MG Man]

So much for do but don’t say

[wagonrunner]

So much for do but don’t say

you the one saying. i confirming. lol

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

New speed limit posted yesterday at 80 kph on rivulet and by caroni license office

Confirmed. It was needed too.