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Originally Posted by andyl
I don't agree because I think the police do care - they might be under resourced though.
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If they are so under-resourced that they can't catch burglars, how come they can spend time catching people who have already slowed down for a GATSO (presumably at an accident blackspot - hence the GATSO did it's job), but who then picked up speed where it was NOT and accident blackspot? What's more important, protecting homeowners, or persecuting motorists?
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OK, let's assume that it's speed that is the main factor in road deaths. I think it is safe to say that a child could be killed at 20 mph, or even 15mph. So why not reduce the speed limit in the country to 10mph? That way there would be no deaths, or at most an extremely low number. And then we could imprison anyone who exceeded that limit! The question is, if you are happy to harp on about the life-saving merits of speed limits whilst people are still dying in accidents where the speed limit has not been exceeded, what is your argument then?