>Everything that I've read indicates that the highest accident rates
>(when speed is at issue) are among the fastest 5% and slowest 10% of
>drivers. Said another way, there is a larger percentage of slow
>drivers contributing to accidents than fast drivers.

Bravo! Brilliantly-put.

The safety Nazis are just that... using the catchcry to justify huge
revenues brought about at YOUR expense. Bad roads (passing lanes on
2-lane roads across blind humps & corners and narrow bridges;
potholes etc), incompetent drivers (not indicating) deliberate bad
driving (roadhogging, pulling illegal turns, not giving way at
intersections etc) are utterly ignored, but millions are spent on
cops, their cars & speed cameras in order to rake in billions... not
one cent of which makes it into the roading infrastructure. It's the
same here in Enzed and in the Land of Oz too. The middle-aged brits
have the idea... grayhairs are out smashing ststic speedcameras all
around the country. These will be uninsured (before long if not
already)... keep doing it until Big Brother just can't justify
spending money on replacements.

Gummints of course lie through their teeth, claiming that studies
show that cameras & enforcement are producing a drop in the road
toll. However guess who pays for these particular "studies"...

Real independent studies with no hidden (poorly or otherwise!)
agendas show that speed on its own is NOT a major factor in producing
accidents, and that those areas (Germany & NT, Australia) with no
speed limits have the lowest accident & fatality rates per distance
driven in the world... and in the case of NT, the drivers are NOT
good ones!

So WHEN are we, the public, going to hold these bastards (the
politicians & cops) responsiblew for what they're doing? Who pays the
taxes? Are these democracies or not? (better not think too hard about
that last)...
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Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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