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Originally Posted by scrotnig
My point is, why can we not also say 'You burgled a house, you're caught. Move on'. We can't.
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But you can say that to a burgler that's caught.
There is a far higher percentage of burglers caught and convicted than speeding motorists.
Indisputable facts are:
The faster a vehicle is travelling, the greater the damage and injury that will be sustained in any accident.
The faster a vehicle is travelling, the more the atmosphere is being polluted.
Driver reaction times have not altered whereas vehicle performance has.
In 1998 there were 325,212 reported cases of death and injury as a result of accidents involving road vehicles. These figures include 44,255 killed or seriously injured. Not all accident injuries were reported. All of these casualties involved drivers who thought they they were in control of the situation, were driving safely and accidents only happened to other people.