I feel that if you restrict the speed of a car, people will get killed when they try to overtake and then find that they haven't got the acceleration to get in front of the car they are overtaking.

Its very difficult.

I almost got killed once because a bus I was overtaking, put his foot down as I got halfway along the bus. It was up a hill and a car appeared over the hill, and I had to make a decision. Could I go, or could I get back in behind the bus. My decision was to go for it. I had a Scorpio Estate at the time and it was a 3 litre car. That car saved my family and myself and the oncoming car. I had the power to get myself out of it. The bastard of a bus driver had caused a major tailback and when I was clear to overtake decided to be clever and risk our families life.
With a car with less poke we would have been done for.

Its all about road sense and a lot of the youngsters seem to think that they are infallible.

B an them for life if they don't learn to drive more carefully.

Obviously its too late when they kill themselves, but if they knew they would be banned for reckless driving and it was enforced,they may think twice.