Actually so far, so very good.

The world did not go crazy.

Anarchy was not let loose on the road. The fear and loathing of all the Chicken Littles thinking a little freedom equals a lot of chaos ended up amounting to one big nothing burger.

Let’s back up a minute. The Alberta government under Premier Danielle Smith wants a 120 km/h speed limit on Alberta’s divided highways.

After all, Alberta’s divided highways were designed for a 120 km/h speed limit.

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You know, highways like Highway 2 the Calgary-to-Edmonton corridor, Highway 63 to Fort McMurray, Highway 43 to Grande Prairie, Highway 1 the Trans-Canada, Highway 16 the Yellowhead, Highway 4 to Coutts and the U.S. border.

So the Smith government is testing a stretch of Highway 2 south of Leduc to see how drivers behave with a 120 km/h speed limit.

The road test will go on through the summer but right now the first term report card grade is an A.

In May of last year when the speed limit was 110 km/h the average speed was 118.4 km/h.

In May of this year when the speed limit was upped to 120 km/h the average speed was 120.1........

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