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There are points mentioned in this debate that I agree with and disagree with and debates on topics such as this will always have divided opinion thats for sure.
My 5 cents worth (thats 2 cents with rounding) is.
I agree with Peter that his original point has often been overlooked. Sadly that is often the case in discussions about very topical stuff.
Its my opinion, and has been for a long time, that many of the lines we are asked to toe in our over governed society are because its financially better for the government. They jump on ANYTHING that there is no real evidence or fact to support the hype, but because of popular opinion and anecdotal type evidence they see this as an opportunity be seen to be doing something worthy and the bonus is that the real motivation (financial) is smoke screened by catch words like safety, future and the latest, environmental .. AKA carbon trading scheme.
Our rules are made not for the majority, but mostly for the minority. If an individual is too stupid, unreasonable, selfish and a host of other qualities for his/her own good we decide to make a rule that everyone has to adhere to just to keep these people safe. This goes against all the natural ways of attrition that are found in the rest of nature and its not because the governments care for these people, they just see it as another way to keep themselves in a job as well as have a snip.
Specifically, with my point in mind, and pertaining to the topic of the thread, speeding was just another hot topic that fell beautifully into the cash category. They were even brain washing the population with sayings like "Every K over is a killer" ... sending ill informed people out onto the highway with the notion that if they stayed under the speed limit they were at no risk, and that anyone not adhering to this idea was nothing short of a mobile heinous human and that the paramount reason that would ensure you arrived safely at the other end of the journey was your speed. Forget about situational awareness, reading the play, car handling skills, intelligent decision making ... ALL of which are the majority of reasons people come to grief.
In the same manner that gun laws haven't impacted on the amount of people who have met untimely ends neither have speeding fines and speed cameras (and it appears the Germans have fact to support this), its all about milking the cow.
Anyway, thats my input, I know that many wont agree but thats fine.
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