Drivers’ advocacy group calls 100 km/h speed limit a cash grab

A drivers’ advocacy group is accusing the province of setting speed limits too low on purpose — following a significant jump in the number of speeding convictions.

More than three-quarters of a million Ontario drivers are convicted of speeding each year in Ontario. The Globe and Mail reports in the 12 years ending in 2010, the number of speeding convictions increased by 32 per cent — about twice the population growth.

A lobby group called Stop100.ca says speed limits in Ontario are a cash grab. The insurance industry estimates that speeding tickets generate more than $5-billion a year for North American municipalities.

The group claims the natural speed limit around the planet is 130 km/h, not the posted 100 kilometres.

While some say higher speed limits would make the highways more deadly, the World Health Organization notes Germany’s accident mortality rate is half that of Canada’s even though they don’t have a posted speed limit on the autobahn.

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