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Originally Posted by Blue Blooded
The speed limits at worksites are there for a few reasons, the first and most important is to protect the people on the site, another reason is because of the works the traffic lane may be narrower or have a temporary chicane in place requiring a lower speed limit.
You driving through a worksite at 2 in the morning have no idea of the traffic conditions ahead, hell it may seem deserted to you but over the hill ahead could be a couple of blokes putting temporary line marking in place ready for the morning, and don't tell me that it was fine the night before because they can change in an hour with traffic switches etc.
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This. A lot of people get busted speeding in roadworks and whinge that "there weren't even any workmen around!" but there could've been gravel on the road, an uneven/patchy road surface, ruts cut in the road, fresh bitumen etc. Hit that at 60kph and then they'll be whinging that the council should replace their buckled rims.
I don't understand the self-entitled attitude that people have where they think they have a right to drive at full speed through areas of changed traffic conditions. Are people just too important to slow down for 30 seconds?