Doing 30 on any road which is not a built-up residential road with parked cars and children playing feels wrong
It's high time the speed limits in this country were reviewed to make them more sensible.

30mph is a sensible speed for such a road as described in the title of this post. But it does not make sense that another road - straight, clear, double-yellow lines, no houses whose front gardens open directly onto the road, not an area where children play etc - should have EXACTLY the same speed limit as the first road.

The limits also don't take into account road and weather conditions. A road with black ice on a foggy Winter's night will necessitate a much slower speed than the same dry road on a clear and bright Summer's day. In bad conditions, it can be downright DANGEROUS to drive at the supposedly legal speed limit - and a good driver will reduce their speed even further to be safe. But on the same road in good conditions, it can be perfectly safe to exceed the technical legal limit.

The limits are arbritary, and have less to do with road safety and more to do with extracting fines from motorists who drive perfectly safely.

Make speed limits more sensible, and people will be more likely to respect them. Then come down hard on those people who genuinely DO go far too fast for safety.
(EuroSong I love horse meat: best of all the animals, Tue 27 Apr 2010, 18:45, 1 reply)

Remove all speed limits
Make a single penalty for any driver causing an accident. One simple bullet in the back of the neck. Administered at the roadside.
Utilitarianism is much underrated.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 7:30, closed)

I like the principal
I have often wondered how a similar system would fare, no limits, no fines, just a criminal conviction for any damage or death caused through the drivers negligence, and or financial responsibility ie: insurance covers the costs of those whose property you've damaged, but you still have to pay it back.
(M61A1 CUPID- STUNTS, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 10:35, closed)

Too much compromise.
Just shoot them. If I do it, shoot me.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 11:39, closed)