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This is purely anecdotal and goes against all data. A simple search for "Are speed limits effective" will show you tons of past experiments. Safe speed limits,

• WalterBright 5y ago
  What experiments removed the speed limits? Anyhow, there were experiments in Europe where all street signs were removed from small towns. Traffic accidents and deaths declined, contrary to all expectation.
  • pmyteh 5y ago
    ...because drivers slowed down, no longer being confident that they had effective priority and could drive at or above the posted limit as long as they stayed within the lines.
    • WalterBright 5y ago
      They removed the lines and the posted signs, too.
      • pmyteh 5y ago
        Indeed. It's a fascinating, if counterintuitive, model. Remove all the usual signals that make drivers confident in what's going on, and so we have to think (and look) much harder and drive much slower. It has the consequence of giving de facto priority to pedestrians, too.