A couple of observations related to your points from Freetown, Sierra Leone (I’m not too sure if this would be similar to the locations considered here). First, there are lots of traffic jams. My journey times are _much_ more heavily dependent on the amount of traffic than speed limits. It’s pretty rare that there’s open, good-enough roads to get up speed (but when there are, drivers go pretty fast). Second, the police pull drivers over regularly—usually for no reason other than to check the driver’s license (as far as I can tell). It’s common that the police ask for money regardless of whether you have your license (e.g. it’s easy to say they saw you breaking some rule—the driver can’t do anything other than argue or pay up).
A couple of observations related to your points from Freetown, Sierra Leone (I’m not too sure if this would be similar to the locations considered here). First, there are lots of traffic jams. My journey times are _much_ more heavily dependent on the amount of traffic than speed limits. It’s pretty rare that there’s open, good-enough roads to get up speed (but when there are, drivers go pretty fast). Second, the police pull drivers over regularly—usually for no reason other than to check the driver’s license (as far as I can tell). It’s common that the police ask for money regardless of whether you have your license (e.g. it’s easy to say they saw you breaking some rule—the driver can’t do anything other than argue or pay up).