08-11-14, 01:34 AM
owkay!....... so is speeding the big killer or dangerous driving? We have a 4 mile long dual carriageway here that is 40mph. There are no turn offs, no yellow markings, no roundabouts etc it is a dead straight dual carriageway. So why is it 40mph? Because 5-6 council bods sat in an office and decided it should be. Last year 8,692 people got done on this road for speeding. This tells me that 8,692 people thought it was safe to drive at over 40mph, but they got done because a few people in power thought it wasnt safe. No one wants to die driving, so people drive at a speed that they deem to be safe. If a government backed committee decided motorways should all be 45mph, should we all drive at 45mph on motorways?... Just asking!