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We can at least be honest enough to admit that we care about the speed because 9 vs 11 over is the difference between being invisible and getting harassed by cops, right? And that difference is too small for normal human perception to detect.
That's what speed limits are about. They're set by the 85th percentile rule and civil engineering voodoo, not an honest effort to maintain safe roads - because in the places that have safe roads, they rely on the feedback of actual road features to signal appropriate driving speeds, not a random sign you compare against an instrument on your vehicle.
No one is ever checking a speedometer to measure their "safety". It may as well be zero indexed on the speed limit.