[Phil@rise]

Wrong. Nice strawman argument. My argument is as follows:

1) Drive at a speed that is reasonable and prudent. Reasonable and prudent does not necessarily mean following the speed limit. When traffic is moving much faster than the speed limit, it is safer to drive at the speed of traffic flow in your lane of travel. When there is adverse road conditions, it is safer to drive slower than the speed limit.

Hows this for strawman then?
Reasonable and prudent is different for all level of drivers and all levels of cars hence the problem. Hence the solution put all drivers on public roads at the same level.
In your world everyone would drive a modern car with modern traction aids and follow along at what you deem reasonable and prudent. Hell in my world that would be the case too but not everyone is a stellar driver not everyone drives a stunning example of automotive engineering. Some people are idiots and some cars are shitboxes.