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I don't think it's about whether you speed or not. I certainly do. I lost my license when I was younger due to accumulation of points for speeding. One time wasn't for speeding, but for not wearing a seatbelt while driving around the corner to fill the car up with petrol, probably 200m away from home. Not harming anyone but myself. But never once did I complain about it. I was over the limit, I knew that, I took my medicine.
I still speed today, usually up to 10% over the limit when it's safe. I have been caught. That's my fault. It's not revenue raising, it's me paying for breaking the law.
Don't know where you guys stand on drink driving. Perhaps 0.05 is just a fuzzy guideline too. Get caught and blow 0.08, write a letter to someone and get off. Or don't get off and complain about the limit being too low or revenue raising.
These laws have to apply to everyone. Some of us may have faster reflexes than others, or drive more aware than others, or perhaps we can tolerate slightly higher blood alcohol than others and still drive safely. But there's a bell curve that the law-makers need to consider for all drivers behind the wheel. I'm sure there's drivers out there that could drive at 30km/hr and still not be able to brake in time if a kid jumped out in front of them when the rest of us could easily have stopped. Gotta consider that. Can't have a speed limit for faster reflexes and different one for others.
I'm not even talking about elderly drivers, that's a whole 'nother conversation.
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