I suspect some readers didn't get your accurate but brief comment. I'll expand it :). Regardless of technology, once the limits of friction are surpassed, the

I suspect some readers didn't get your accurate but brief comment. I'll expand it :). Regardless of technology, once the limits of friction are surpassed, there's no current technology to save you from your momentum. And furthermore, moving the max capable speed upward with technology just means that when something unforeseen or accidental occurs, it now has a multiplied effect.