• Manfredolin@feddit.org
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    1 month ago

    They are.

    For any built up area with appropriate signage, the urban speed limit gets applied.

    Also a large chunk of the rural population is commuting by car, and has to change their (driving) habits, and changing habits takes effort.

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        1 month ago

        It’s different in Europe. When they say “rural”, they mean any small town not adjacent to a city or other conurbation.

        The density of small towns that have hundreds of years of history but are only 5-10km apart from the next 3-4 towns surrounding it are in a stark contrast to the 20-50km distances between North American towns. And rural farms are relatively rare. Farmers generally still live in the small town and then drive their tractor out to the fields.