I was chatting about this with my mate earlier. We were both talking about how areas in which there is no pedestrian footpath should be free of speed limits. Sure, if pedestrians are around then it's generally likely to be quite a busy area anyway, so not only for the pedestrians' safety but also for the sake of not driving fast in trafficky areas, speed limits are very sensible. However, on more open roads where you're not stopping and starting, no pedestrians or crossings etc., do we really need speed limits? Most people don't stick to them anyhow and people just tend to drive at whatever speed they're comfortable driving at.
Maybe with some roads, like country roads, there should be limits, because some people are too ****ing stupid to realise how sharp corners are until it's too late, but with general open pedestrian-free roads, what's the need?
For example, there's a road near me - it goes on for several miles, nice and open, no footpath, no crossings, no reason to stop apart from unusual circumstances... yet it's a 40mph road and there are speed cameras every half a mile. It just doesn't make sense, let me put my foot down and get to where I want to be FFS. Roads like this all over the place. What's the sense?
Discuss.