[potato3732842]

>I have a friend who firmly believes that speed limits higher than 50MPH are violence because they lead to increased deaths. He argues that if we cared about people's lives we would impose a strict 50MPH limit on the roads and even force all cars to top out at 50MPH from the factory.

If you really want to stir shit ask him what we enforce those speed limits with.

(hint:violence, but with extra steps)

[lkey]

You open your hood to see a 50 mph max speed engine in your vehicle... You notice that roving speed enforcement is no longer necessary except in school zones, freeing up public resources.

You contemplate this new world... Is this... violence? It must be... manufacturing regulations are violence against businesses (people)! You relax a little. You imagine someone 'woke' being angry at your incisiveness, you are calm.

[degamad]

I have an engine with a 50mph speed limiter on it.

I open the hood and add a resistor across the input sensor so that it thinks I'm going 20% slower than I really am.

I start driving at 60mph.

How does society enforce the speed limit regulation against me? (Hint: the threat of, and eventually the use of, violence.)