I don't believe that speeding is anywhere near as big a problem as we have been led to believe. The 'spin' of one third of all accidents are speed is related nonsense, the actual data does not support this! The reality is that a huge proportion of British drivers can't drive safely at any speed, removing these from the system would probably be more effective than speed restrictions.
Jon, UK
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/4243115.stm
Jon is this you or coincidence?
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I think that too low Speed limits are just plain stupid and they encourage speeding. For example, in a 3 lane straight road here in my country we have a 70 km/h (44 mph) limit. Of course most of us drive at 80 - 85 Km/h (50-53 mph)and some even faster. The speed traps are always located in one of 3 spots so when getting there you just ease off the throttle and get down to 70.
70 would be fine on a 2 lane road but if the speed limit was say 100 km/h (62 mph) I think that most people would respect the limit.
70 would be fine on a 2 lane road but if the speed limit was say 100 km/h (62 mph) I think that most people would respect the limit.