Saturday, September 8, 2012

Oddity: French speed limits

Kate and I drove for 1 week in the Normandy region of France. I noticed a curious thing about the speed limits in France. Of course, they are in km/hr.

30
50
70
90
110
130





So, speed limit = 10(1+2n), n=1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

I don't remember such quantization when driving in Germany, about 15 years ago.

After France, we were in Finland for a week. We didn't drive there, but I watched the signs while being driven and speeds like 40 and 60 were often seen.

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