Sadly, that describes all too many drivers. Enforcement and normalization of slower speeds through a critical mass of slower vehicles could change things.
Ultimately, people have shown that the need to be "tamed" while driving cars.
Neither should someone who can't handle going at 5km/h faster than the speed limit.
It will happen one day that they'll need to and maybe that day it will rain and that will be the day they cause an accident, possibly involving others.
Limits are not there because that's the maximum speed you should be _able_ to drive, they are there for pedestrian safety and to reduce the noise.
> . Enforcement and normalization of slower speeds through a critical mass of slower vehicles could change things.
On the contrary, I hope there will be way faster vehicles, underground, only for those trained to drive them or machine operated.
Everyone else should just ride a bike or walk or catch a bus or a (slow) cab.
The need for speed won't go back, we need to move faster and faster, the more our lives go faster.
p.s. before someone says it, I live in a very expensive neighborhood just to be at walking distance from my office. Even though I love driving and are a semi professional trained pilot, I usually don't drive in the city, unless I have to.
But I can understand why people forced to use a car want to drive them as fast as the limit permits.
Slow drivers need to learn how to drive safely without pretending that their insecurities become everyoneś problem.
Especially in large cities where there are a pletora of alternative ways to move around.
> That's really the root of the safety problem that is big powerful cars.
It is not.
In Rome, where there are around 27 thousands car crashes every year, the number one cause of accidents is distraction.
Most of them happen at low speed.
The second is driving under the influence.
The third is road conditions.
Last comes speeding.
Driving under pressure because you don't feel confident behind the wheel is like DUI, you make mistakes and cause crashes.
Too many people obtain the driving license without having the necessary skills to handle the traffic flow of a large city.
