Speed kills. Or does it?

[SMOKEU]

Speed kills. If the vehicle wasn't moving in the first place, then it wouldn't kill anyone.

[kwaka_crasher]

Mr Mellinghoff says motorists often fell into the trap of thinking they were driving safely because they were doing less than the speed limit.

That should be called 'Kiwi syndrome'.

[Urano]

speed limits are the only road rules that i don't respect.
and i'm completely honest saying ONLY.
but here we have a wider problem with speed limits. to keep it short, there are two main aspects: 1- cities administrations earns a part of speed fines. so they are encouraged in putting stupid low limits and speed cameras just to heal starving financial conditions... 2- Public administrations don't have enough money to keep streets in condition. so when there's a hole in tarmac what they do? do they fill the hole? NOPE! they put a "30" sign. so if you are riding a bike and go down a hole that ends near your bay of plenty, it was your fault going too fast. and when after 5 years finally get the hole filled, they obviously forget to remove the 30 sign, so you can never know if the limit is there because there's a risk for you, there's a incoming money for them, or simply someone forgot it there...

in my opinion the road safety has only two solution: environment and training.
i'm a pilot: i have to go under an yearly medical check (under 40, then every 6 months), an yearly proficiency check, a six months emergency check. if i miss one of those, i'm grounded for a month or two, then i repeat the check. if i miss again my license is gone.
and a pilot works on a plane, which is something that is checked every time it gets on the ground, then is checked again every tot hours, and then is completely disassembled at another tot hour to check every piece of it; and he work in a place where everybody knows where the others are, if two are too close receive a call "please, get away from there"; and he works in a place where the weather is checked every 30 minutes, and if the conditions aren't good, well, just stop.

cars and bike: here you get a license with a primary school test, you go out drive 10 minutes and make a park. you've done. you have a 10 year validity license, then, after 10 years someone will ask you "do you see the letter on the wall? with the other eye as well? good..." another 10 years validity. nobody to check if you can make an emergency stop, if you can change lane in the middle of a turn, if you know how an abs works and you don't get scared of the pumping pedal... the cars and the bikes are often badly keeped, with flat tires, broken lamps, oil leakage... the streets? well, get there and you'll see... the weather? well look out of the window: it's good... the others? "yeah officer, it seemed to me a green light. i didn't see the bike coming..."

but putting a signal and a speed camera is WAAAAAY easier...