Re: No, lower speed limits don’t kill people. That’s crazy: Keenan, June 27

No, lower speed limits don’t kill people. That’s crazy: Keenan, June 27

I am writing in response to Edward Keenan’s article about the supposed dangers of lower speed limits, with driver frustration being the cause of more aggression.

I would like to point out that in auto section of the Toronto Star, your reviewers rate every car on many of their features, the primary ones being speed and acceleration. The faster the car, the better. If a car, pickup truck or SUV can rocket away from a standstill to speeds not allowed on any of our streets or highways in a mere heartbeat, that is the one to get.

If you are spending huge amounts of money on one of these things, of course you will be frustrated by anything that gets in the way of your speed thrill. The irony is that all cars are now fast, even the tiny eco-cars. All it takes is the willingness to spend more on gas and the thoughtlessness to spew more pollutants into the atmosphere. Pedestrians, cyclists and the climate be damned.

Gordon Becker, Toronto