In many cases Speed is not the CAUSE of an accident. It just makes the accident worse as has been said.
In the heavy Construction industry (and I'm sure many others) we are trained to identify a safety issue at the
source & REMOVE the hazzard, not just flop about with crap trying to make it look better.
Reducing speed limits to rediculous levels in areas that clearly should be running faster, is just flopping about with crap to appease the un-educated & trying to win votes. It has nothing to do with road safety.
EXPERIENCE and TRAINING are the major flaws in the current system. Spend more money on the training / licencing system you end up with a better prepared driver at the end. Then slowly comes the experience.
Half of the problem is young drivers being taught by their parents & piers. All those bad habits being passed on.
Yesterday I was travelling to my parents house north of Brisbane. There was a 'L' Plated car cruising along he highway at approx 90klm/hr in the right lane.
What has happened to the "Keep Left" rule??? This alone causes accidents, with people who want to travel at the SPEED LIMIT trying to get around the slow driver.
I believe the fully licenced driver in this car should have been booked for poor instruction or something.