1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196 
...or simply abolish all speed limits
27th April 2006, Page 34
27th April 2006
Page 34
Page 34, 27th April 2006
— ...or simply abolish all speed limits
Close
Noticed an error?
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
Keywords :
Traffic Law, Road Safety, Law Enforcement, Road Transport, Speed Limit, Traffic, Disaster / Accident, Social Issues
THE ANSWER to your question,"do speed limits need to be changed, or simply enforced more rigorously?" is"neither.They should be abolished, or at least made advisory rather than mandatory.
Politically incorrect, of course, hut there cannot be a correlation between speed and safety. Limits cannot guarantee safety, any more than a green traffic light can at a roadjunction.Demanding strict adherence to '-1•1111111114 an arbitrary speed limit set by a politician or bureaucrat is bullying of the highest order.
Anthony G Phillips Salisbury Wiltshire