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My view is that this is because of too many inappropriate speed limits. The blunt nature of their use causes so much frustration. For example we have a new school on the edge of our town that used to be 60mph and now (quite rightly) has been reduced to 30mph however the 30mph is only really important for 1 hour each morning and evening, that is 10 hours each week leaving the other 158 hours of the week with an unnecessary low speed limit.
We have many sites like this for many different reasons but all of them use the lowest common denominator speed limit to protect against a very specific/precise issue
The only safe speed is an "appropriate" speed ie the prevailing road conditions should dictate more than arbitrary limits
And that attitude is exactly the problem.
No matter what speed limit is in place for a particular road there will always be some idiot who thinks they know better.
If the limit was 100mph there would be someone who thought 120mph was more "appropriate"
It really doesn't matter one bit whether someone agrees with the limit or not. That doesn't give them the right to exceed it because they think they have a better idea of an "appropriate" limit. If that's the prevailing attitude, and the reason for so many people speeding, then perhaps the penalties aren't high enough.
How about a £500 fine and a 6 month ban to replace the current £100/3 points?
How many idiots would still think they know better if that's what they were facing if they get caught?