I agree sometimes they are excessive - and I don't know about anywhere else but I think they changed the law in Oregon and you have to go that speed no matter what time it is, used be just during school hours...
The big genius one here is a road that you can go 40 on, with lots of curves, and on the blind curves are cross walks for the elderly people who live in the many many nursing homes nearby. Now, there aren't any lights there, just a blind turn and boom, you're at a crosswalk that may or may not have an 80 year old with a cane struggling to get across. Pure stupidity. Especially since before they put the light by my house it was a struggle for ME not to get hit by a car at a major intersection.
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