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I think there is vast difference between speeding and exceding the speed limit.
Driving on a freeway at 105 is exceeding the speed limit and is nothing more than "naughty", I doubt there are many severe accidents where travelling 5 or 10 kph slower would make any significant differnce. Getting up to 115-120 whilst overtaking a car doing 90 on a divided road is just performing a potentially dangerous action as quickly and safely as practicable, but continuing to drive at that speed after passing is speeding and should be fined. Driving in rain like we had at the weekend at 50 in a 60 zone is probably dangerous/careless driving and should be fined.
If you want to "speed" you should be fined, "speeding" should be reserved for a race track or other organised event. As for some of the hoons caught in Victoria lately, I have a great idea for a new reality show, "Crushers" where they telecast live as a hoon gets to press the button that sends his car into the crusher and we can see the expression on his face.
Speeding as such never killed anyone, it's the sudden stop that does it!
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