[clarry]

Maybe they have in some areas.

In my case, rural Finland, it's been the same for as long as I remember. Maximum limit is 120 km/h on freeways (and there are practically none of them where I usually drive), elsewhere on bigger inter-city roads it's 100 km/h during summer and 80 km/h during winter. Lesser roads, never more than 80 km/h.

And traffic never flows significantly faster than the limit. A few km/h over the limit at most. There are some weirdos who drive much faster and are constantly overtaking others, but relatively few people drive like that. If anything, it seems to me that speeding has become less common over the years as the police have tightened the limit at which they'll fine you.

[TomMarius]

I am from the Czech Republic. Left lane on highway is informally reserved for "going fast", as in 160-200+ km/h. Right lane is around 120-140 km/h. Oficial speed limit is 130 km/h. Regional roads are limited to 90 km/h, but people travel as fast as 160 km/h on the largest ones. Town areas are limited to 50 km/h unless said otherwise and it required automated radars to get drivers to go less than 90 km/h in many towns on major roads.

People are basically behaving like it's German autobahn everywhere. Even the informal rules have adjusted - in a major city, you not only respect the right hand rule, but also give right of way to all vehicles on the more major road. The conflict is resolved by blinking headlights.

Honda used to be the most popular brand here (90's and first few years of 00's).