You can take that logic and apply it to any traffic law. Blowing red lights? Fine as long as you can tell there's no cross traffic, right? Laws were put in pla

You can take that logic and apply it to any traffic law. Blowing red lights? Fine as long as you can tell there's no cross traffic, right? Laws were put in place because people are not in fact qualified to make these assessments. The only nuance here is that you are not required to go the speed limit at all, you can and should go only as fast as the conditions allow.