The point of all of these arguments is always that speed limits should be increased when all evidence suggests they should be lowered.
Evidence, in this case, being number of deaths.
Evidence, in this case, being number of deaths.
Also, he says: '10 times as many people die on UK country lanes than on motorways. This furthers our evidence that motorway limits have less effect on deaths than other roads..'
Comparing country roads to motorways? A country road could be one car width or two car widths at best, with vehicles driven, often, erratically in both directions with little warning of obstructions or oncoming traffic.
A motorway is 3 or 4 lanes of vehicles travelling in the same direction with virtually zero chance of anything coming the other way, usually clear visibility and advance warning of obstruction, etc
You don't see a problem here?