>10kmph faster in town could be the difference between killing someone or not hitting them at all.
I think of the difference between hitting someone and not hitting them as measured in distance, not speed.
I think of the difference between hitting someone and not hitting them as measured in distance, not speed.
Doesn't sound like heaps but that is actually your margin for error, just 4m. If something jumps out in front of you at 28 meters away, at 50 you will have had 4 meters to stop, which modern cars can do, and at 60 you will hit them at the full 60kmph. The Australian government has some great road safety clips on the subject, I might try and find them.