The avg. speed in London for example is already down to 19km/h due to traffic jams. I don't see a problem with setting it to 20. You'll even reduce the chance of traffic jams by lowering speed limits.
There's quite a pleasant traffic simulator to play with:
http://traffic-simulation.de/
https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/37200/umfrage...