There's a very good reason for 70mph or lower speed limits on most British roads. That's because there aren't only fast cars there, and you have to share with lorries and other slower vehicles, and people who just don't want to drive fast. It's often not speed as such that creates a dangerous situation, but the speed differential. We don't have many empty motorways at any time of day or night, and a common hazard is a lorry doing 60mph trying to overtake one doing 60.5mph. If it weren't for the ban on the use of the third lane, you can bet they'd be in there too. And then there are the roads that look like motorways but aren't, and the blithe unconcerned driver suddenly sees a tractor pulling a trailerload of muck pull out of a 90 degree sideturning straight into his path.

I agree about the driver training. No one should be allowed to drive until they understand why speed limits are a good thing.