@nicklockwood @TDCN @Showroom7561 no, it's just politically impossible to mandate speed limiters. Governments tried 50yrs ago and haven't tried again since. Car manufacturers want people to know they can speed. It's all over their marketing.

@TDCN @acs 5 out of 5 pedestrians will survive a collision with a car traveling at 20km/hr, only 4 out of 5 will survive a collision with a car traveling at 40km/h.
This doesn't include the large difference in level of injury.

So by speeding your taking a situation where nobody should die and making it a situation where someone might.

A 20km/h area is an area where there will be lots of people to hit so it's even more important to stick to the speed limit in that situation

@CorruptBuddha I'd say "reckless indifference to human life"

@CorruptBuddha @emergencyfood A 20mph speed limit is based on momentum the human body can withstand without a high likelihood of death.
Every mph over the limit increase the likelihood of a human being dying in a collision.

Speeding in a 20mph zone is very specifically choosing to increase the likelihood of killing someone.