There have been reports in the UK press of plans to reduce the speed limit of traffic on rural roads from 60 to 50 miles per hour (96 to 80km/h). The main argument, of course, is to improve road safety, but there is also an argument that speed limits on their own do not necessarily lead to safer drivers:
- a speed limit may imply that driving at, or just below, that limit automatically means ‘safe’.
- a safe driving speed depends on context – weather, time, road condition, surrounding environment, visibility, to name but a few factors.
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