Horrendousness in Italy

1. Because some places do not have speed limits - Autobahns, for example, and cars are sold worldwide. Some roads have different speed limits to other roads.

2. It's an irrelevant question in this case because an abitrary limit would not necessarily have saved these cyclists lives. He could have ploughed into them at 30, 40,50, 60, 70 or 80, whatever the limit was, and there is every chance he could still have killed them.

The fact he was speeding is less relevant than the fact that he was banned for dangerous driving and had no business being behind the wheel.

To paraphrase somebody, most road deaths do not involve exceeding the speed limit.

Most road fatalities have speeding as a factor. It is quite wrong to say speed was not a factor, faster speeds make accidents are more likely and increase the severity of injuries.

To put it in perspective, if a cyclist is struck by a car doing 30mph or less, 8 out of 10 of them will survive.

If the car is doing over 30mph, 9 out of 10 will die.

Even that shocking statistic is not the main issue, faster speeds bully and intimidate vulnerable road users. There doesn't have to be a death for speeding to be anti-social and aggressive and selfish behaviour.

The main issue in this horrible event isn't the man's nationality, the fact he had smoked a joint or that he was banned.It was his speed.

Apparently the ambulance crew knew many of the victims, making it even worse for them.