> Speed is just one of many factors, and perhaps the least significant, in the frequency and probability of traffic accidents. Speed is absolutely a factor in the severity of an accident, but not the probability of one after accounting for all other variables.
That's because you are afflicted with Car Brain and are only thinking about speeding affecting other cars and not speeding affecting acidents involving cars and pedestrians or cyclists. Municipalities going to "war on speed" are protecting human lives of people outside of the car.
High pedestrian traffic areas, such as school zones or city down town areas with one way traffic lanes enjoy the lowest speed limits because external factors are more important than the vehicle that is driving. These aren't areas where people are most frequently cited for speed violations, though, because those external factors are generally enough to enforce low speeds naturally.
Freeways, where drivers are overwhelmingly more likely to be cited for speed violations, are not high pedestrian areas.
That's because you are afflicted with Car Brain and are only thinking about speeding affecting other cars and not speeding affecting acidents involving cars and pedestrians or cyclists. Municipalities going to "war on speed" are protecting human lives of people outside of the car.