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Originally Posted by me283
All valid points, but the issue here is about speeding. Try stopping from 30 mph in a 20 year old car, then compare it to the same in a modern car. If all limits were 5mph there would probably be no fatalities, but that's not realistically practical. SO a line has to be drawn. The issue would be whether that line that was drawn years ago now needs to be moved?
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Maybe the line should be moved, but which way?
Think about the reason why a speed limit may be 30 mph. It isn't all to do with stopping distances. It's just as much to do with the damage that an accident at that speed can do. In a built up area there is a chance that a child may suddenly run out from behind a parked car when you are so close that no matter how good you or the car are you cannot avoid hitting them. The greater your speed, the more injury you will cause or death even. Speed limits are there in built up areas to reduce injury in the event of an accident and as a warning that you should expect the unexpected. Heed that warning and drive responsibily which means lowering your speed way below the limit if conditions require it.