I dont get offended at all by people doing the IAm. I would encourage anyone to do it for the safety message. But its when the double standards come in , and this smug self assurance rears its head that I get annoyed.
From my own experiences Graham, do try to realise that no amount of training will make one immune to an accident, or can make going fast safe. It never will be. My message to anyone is get safe first, encourage that element of IAM training , speed will come in time, if thats what you want .We also need to recognise just what do we mean by going " fast" ?..and at what point does one get satisfied they are riding " fast enough"...it will vary for all riders, but at least a speed limit sets some sort of reasonable standard ?
While speed limits can be frustrating and at times ludicrous, they actually do make sense most of the time.These days they still are my benchmark, ever more so with the fecking crap drivers we have in the UK , the road congestion, and ever worsening road surface.