dennis@home wrote:
"Adrian" wrote in message
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"dennis@home" gurgled happily,
sounding much like they were saying:

Beware of smug old gits sticking rigidly to the limits?

Anyone that thinks there are fixed limits doesn't know how to drive.
They are and always have been variable limits in the UK.. the
maximum safe speed

Yep

up to the posted speed limit.

Nope.

The maximum LEGAL speed is the limit. The maximum SAFE speed may
well be higher. Why does this variability suddenly stop at an
arbitrary number decided many decades ago?

This argument is a fools argument.
Once you accept that speed limits are determined by other factors than
safety your argument loses its value.
Speed limits can be imposed for other reasons so you can forget the
safety argument.

Its the idiots that think they must exceed it that are a problem,
usually because they can't even work out why there is a posted limit
and, hence, think that it doesn't apply to them.

That sounds like it's more applicable to those who regard the limit
as something more safety-related than an arbitrary legal line.

Its probably better than your argument that *all* drivers can chose
to drive at whatever speed *they* think is safe.

Do I see an inconsistency in your view?