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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

A road's speed limit is the lower one of these two values though:

  • the speed limit on signs
  • the highest speed it is safe to drive at

If you can't stop within the same distance as you can look ahead, YOU ARE TOO FAST.

If you crash into a stopped car hidden behind a curve or hill, you went too fast. Traffic jams can occur for any reason at any road.

If you run over a child that ran across the road from behind a parked car in a dense urban environment, you went too fast. It is to be expected that children live in urban areas and that children are irrational.