dobster

As Arroe said, there are other people on the road. Throwing televisions out of a forty storey building is not dangerous either, as long as no one is standing underneath, but why would you take the risk of someone suddenly appearing "from nowehere" on the sidewalk. There is no way on earth that a speeding driver can anticipate every move every other driver is going to make. And don't rule out pedestrians either. No one can be sure that there won't be someone crossing the road ahead. Children don't know how to aniticipate lunacy.

And it doesn't matter how competent you think you are, speed limits are set to allow for any possiblity, to give you time to stop and to avoid hazards and to stop you causing danger to others, even if they have put themselves unwittingly in your path.

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