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> never drive faster than brakes can stop in visible areas

Here in the UK, that's phrased in the Highway Code as "Drive at a speed that will allow you to stop well within the distance you can see to be clear". It's such a basic tenet of safety as you never know if there's a fallen tree just round the next blind corner etc. However, it doesn't strictly apply to peds running out from behind an obstruction as your way ahead can be clear, until suddenly it isn't - sometimes you have to slow just for a possible hazard.