[jfk13]

> it's the top few percentile that you need to restrain, not the masses

And how do you propose to "restrain" them, if not by enforcing a speed limit?

[alistairSH]

I don’t think anybody is arguing speed limits should be abolished. At least not in any general sense. But, it’s plain enough to see that speed limits on some roads are wrong.

I-495 in VA is a prime example. It’s posted at 55mph and traffic regularly flows faster (or slower, during rush hour). It really needs variable limits based on traffic volume instead of a dumb 55.

[jfk13]

Dylan16807's comment about

> If you replace speed limits with "go a safe speed"...

sounded to me like a suggestion that speed limits could be abolished in favour of a "use your judgement" rule, which I don't think is a sensible idea.

[Dylan16807]

It wasn't.

[Dylan16807]

I'm not suggesting getting rid of speed limits.

I was objecting to the idea that there is no natural speed, and that the group will "just escalate". Nothing else.