It's not often that Calgary gets jealous of Toronto, but that's how some members of slow down YYC are feeling this week after the Big Smoke dropped speed limits on some of its residential roads.

The group is lobbying the city to lower the speed on Calgary's residential streets from 50 to 30 km/h.

"I just think it's a waste of time," said CEO of West Canadian Industries George Brookman.

​Brookman, who was on the Calgary Eyeopener's Unconventional Panel this week, doesn't believe there are

"enough police in the whole country to patrol a 30 km/h speed limit" in neighbourhoods across the city.

How fast should people be allowed to drive on residential roads? (CBC)

Jodi Morel, a spokesperson with Slow Down YYC, says she started researching the problems with a 50 km/h speed limit after a fatal accident happened near her home.

"I was assured by the police that, in fact, speed wasn't a factor. It was acceptable within a buffer zone of 10 to kilometres over the speed limit. Which meant that the boy that was struck by a vehicle could be struck at 60 kilometres, give or take, and have it be completely OK as far as speed is concerned," said Morel.

Business consultant Chris Harper is worried about the cost "to replace all those signs" — while our third and final member of the Unconventional Panel isn't convinced many Calgarians are speeding in residential areas.

Gael MacLeod remembers investigating this issue when she was a city councillor.

"People calling in and saying 'people are flying past my house, they're going way too fast' and when we put down the strips we would find, actually, people are going quite a bit under the speed limit," said MacLeod.