Originally Posted by
Saint-Just
I am not directly affected so have it easy but a couple of questions to those who are affected and hate it:
1) considering that hitting a pedestrian at 20mph is less lethal than at 30, and assuming the numbers remain identical, how many saved lives would it take for you to accept it was a good idea in the first place
2) most reasonably recent cars have a "LIM" function associated with the cruise control. This function allows you to set a maximum speed* and saves you from watching your speedometer all the time. Why not use it?
*Doesn't work if driving downward as it deactivates the throttle, no action on the brakes.
As a side note, many town centres in France are limited to 30 km/h and it goes quite smoothly with no specific butt pain.