Pellerin: Why we speed – it's all about having too much space

Not to boast, but I’m pretty good at driving on the wrong side of the street.
I’ve crisscrossed the United Kingdom and Ireland several times. I’ve learned a lot driving those roads. First, that calling them “roads” is really funny. In North America, traffic lanes are wider than three metres; over there, they’re barely bigger than a standard elevator.
In more than a few places, the road is elevated and the guardrails few and far between. On a recent trip to a w