No wonder many dislike cyclists

[Bristolian]

I will add that speed is the number one cause of road crashes in the US and many of those on the interstate highway system and comparable roads with impatient and inattentive driving having a major impact. In the UK it is mainly the inadequate road system coupled with impatience. Crashes in the US occurring at higher speeds are more likely to result in fatalities. If I am driving on an interstate (motorway) at 80 MPH, I will be in the way of traffic reaching 100 MPH.
But, it is not a competition, no matter what some of the posters want to make it; one crash or one death on the roads in the UK and the US is still one too many.

In my experience, granted from the 1990's when I lived and worked there, very few drivers exceed the speed limit on the Freeway. I managed to let myself get caught once on I90 - 5mph over the limit cost me $100 on the spot, payment taken via credit card by the patrolman in the breakdown lane.

Aside from being a modern day highwayman he was very pleasant and chatted quite freely once he realised I was a Brit. Not as friendly as the CMP patrolman who let me off with a stern warning

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Actually not. I won't quote the relevant data, not sure it's relevant on THIS UK thread, Y'all cañ read about it here https://plainroadsafety.com/guides/leading-causes-of-traffic-deaths

It's a flawed study: the road death causes aren't mutually exclusive, and so the root cause of a road death isn't that easy to determine.