>> It can only be up to the driver to manage their risk at any one time on the open road.
That assumes, of course, that the average driver has a sufficient feel for the real risks of the speeds they are driving at. I would venture that, in fact, people are very poor at judging risk in most situations, and are probably no better at doing it when driving.
People ignore detailed research all of the time, and replace it with their own wisdom gained from much less extensive data.
Just human nature I guess.
Also, I still don't buy the argument that people ignore speed limits, just because they think they are "bad" laws - I think it is more that they ignore them when they think they can get away with it, and when the penalty for getting caught isn't too severe.
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