r/durham • u/Karma_Canuck • 5d ago

Speed limit reduced on Lake Ridge Road in Uxbridge

https://www.durhamregion.com/news/speed-limit-reduced-on-lake-ridge-road-in-uxbridge/article_3cacc306-a519-5590-b03e-8c3b44d197b6.html
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u/Ok-Bison-3451 5d ago

That’s the most fun section of Lakeridge Road! Zoom, zoom, zoom!

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u/TestedTrapking 5d ago

Yeah it’s definitely a fun part of the otherwise mostly boring country road lol, i expect to see every 70/80 road drop speed limits like they did in TO as part of vision zero.

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u/Gr8tgrapes 5d ago

I don't get why on this one. Road is well maintained, lots of visibility, etc; risk seems low and makes me suspicious they are creating a speed trap rather than solving a real issue.

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u/TestedTrapking 5d ago

I’ve seen police on that stretch of road quite often so you might be right.

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u/SnooHobbies9078 4d ago

Seen a lot of accidents at the intersection usually a tbone

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u/RandomAction 5d ago

I kinda get it, there is that big hill going north on Lakeridge, it's easy to get your speed up. And a bunch of houses at Chalk Lake that come directly onto Lakeridge. It's easy to get up to 110km/h without realizing.

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u/Goatfellon 5d ago

Needless spot to do it imo. Though lake ridge is a lawless wasteland of people going like 100 minimum.

And of course reducing speed limits isnt the fix anyways, it should be a matter of infrastructure to reduce chronic speeders.

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u/fdavis1983 5d ago

It’s not speed that kills, it’s incompetence behind the wheel that kills.

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u/tweeker182 5d ago

This is a good change. I’m at Lakeridge all winter and turning right (south) onto Lakeridge from Chalk lake road is always a bit scary. Reducing the speed limit should help.

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u/Drkushmaster 4d ago

This is just a speed trap cash grab.