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http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/d ... 030562.pdf

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"Those observed to be conforming consistently to the speed limit differed from those observed to consistently break the speed limit in several ways. They were older, drove lower annual mileages, were more likely to be female and were more likely to report having been accident involved in the previous three years. However, this difference reached statistical significance only in the case of age."

Material starting on Page 65 is worthy of study and consideration. I haven't yet fully evaluated what it means. Unfortunately a few false assumptions have lead the authors to use a sub-optimal analysis method. It remains to be seen if they have obscured the real data or not.

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Which tends to confirm the widely-held suspicion that most of those who rarely exceed speed limits do so not as a deliberate choice but because they are nervous and timid drivers with little confidence in their own abilities.

It's also rare indeed to see another driver observing speed limits in the way one would be expected to on an IAM test. Those who rarely exceed 30s will often drive well below that speed even when safe to do a few mph faster, and also make little or no adjustment to their speed when passing into a higher speed limit.

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Yep. But for that to be observed, the poor hazard perception and excess bravery of young and inexperienced drivers had to be "swamped out" by the effect.

So it's even bigger than it appears.

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