"Man at B&Q" wrote in message
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If posted speed limits have nothing to do with safety, what are they
for?

I didn't say that.
I said speed limits are used for other reasons than safety.
Some are to reduce noise, a car doing 40 mph is a lot noisier than a car
doing 30 mph.
The 50 mph national speed limit was intended to save fuel.

So if you speed on what you think is a safe road you may be annoying people
and they may well want you fined to stop you interfering with their lives.
But i don't suppose you care what happens to others as long as you can
speed.