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Originally Posted by entwisi
Few reasons that immediately spring to mind
one, a car that could 'just' do 70 will be slow getting there. There are no limits on acceleration ( and in fact this is what gives a greater thrill than just doing say constant 100 )
if you needed to accelerate at 70 to get out of way of something then you wouldn't be able to.
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Can't make my mind up about this one. If everybody slowed their speed down on the motorway and operated a uniform speed, then you would not get the traffic hold-ups that are there are now, so could be quicker in the long run.
Whilst overtaking, you should not put yourself in a position which necessitates you going any faster than the limit on a particular stretch of road anyway. The fact that you would have to speed up suggests that you have not allowed enough stretch of clear road to do so in the first place, and by increasing your speed would make any collision more tragic.
Could help a little when you are caught doing a little over the limit and obtain points for a say 36 mph in a 30 zone (which I did .. but wasn't concentrating properly at the time). This was bad anticipation and the speed restriction would anticipate it for you, as well as not losing concentration from watching your speedometer all the time.
Lots of accidents in rural areas are caused by boy racers, but mainly due to their acceleration going up to 30 mph.
Think, at the end of the day, is a matter of educating drivers into better overtaking, speeding, etc., but this has been tried for years now, and still many accidents due to speeding.
It is a suggested for it to be voluntary and can be over ridden, but must admit, don't think I would volunteer at the moment..
