Speed Limit

I do not believe in speed limits. They are usually arbitrary, incorrect for a great many vehicles and misleading for most drivers, offering no more than vague guidelines and a false sense of security. The only criteria for judgement of safe driving belong to a set of conditions most often ignored until after a collision. The term 'accident' seldom really applies, but is the best way to duck and deny responsibility for failing to recognise and respond appropriately to these various changing conditions, of which speed is nearly the last.

We owe the existence of speed limits to the assumption that excessive speed is a major if not determining factor in most collisions. Certainly my professional advice to any driver is that, nine times out of ten, you will avoid, escape or minimise a dangerous situation more readily by slowing down than by speeding up - in no small part owing to the fact that most vehicles are capable of braking far more rapidly than they could ever accelerate - however when it comes to 'accidents' and 'mishaps', or even near-misses, it cannot truthfully be said that speed itself is other than one ill-considered factor in a much larger equation.