David Hansen wrote:
On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 15:55:27 +0100 someone who may be Alistair J
Murray wrote this:-


There is no connection between posted limits and appropriate speeds.


Every day the police and others have to deal with people who have
worked out an "appropriate speed" and then crashed.

True - with the "appropriate speed" almost always being some way below the
posted limit on that stretch of road.

Note also that a speed limit is a maximum speed, not a target speed
or a minimum speed. Believe it or not motor vehicles have controls
that allow the operator to proceed at a lower speed than the limit
as well.

Indeed they do. And it is whilst the driver/rider is proceeding at a lower
speed than is allowed by law that most accidents occur.

But you know this already.