Apeloverage . . .
there is a reason Australian drivers don't like speed cameras . . .

The general public have been berated into equating speeding (at all times and in all places) is akin to paedophilia or other forms of deviant behaviour. We are constantly told to "slow down" - we now have 40 km/hr zones on main roads that are *anywhere* near schools . . . because we can't be arsed teaching our kids road safety. Speed cameras are placed at fixed points along freeways (especially along country roads) where they'll catch those who speed *2km above the bloody speed limit*. Mind you, no pedesrians along these roads, and 110 km/hr is not that fast - getting up to 112 km/hr is pretty easy.
We hate speed cameras and the whole witch-hunting of anyone who speeds because it's a thinly disguised revenue-raiser - not a damned thing to do with safety. We don't educate out kids to respect a road . . . we tell them it's the big nasty fast cars that are at fault.

A recent campaign to get drivers to slow down in suburban streets used the analogy of hitting a child who runs out onto a road at 60 km/hr and 5km/hr less respectively. Nice argument . . . we were supposed to believe less damage is caused by less speed, right? No one bothers, however, to consider the distance between child and car - closer means more damage (less time to stop).
Speeding seems to be such a target as it is soooo very profitable . . . lots of speeders, lots of fines. What's more dangerous is the inexperienced driver, the Sunday driver morons who drive to the grocery store and back, at 20 km/hr, and have never dealt with unpredictable road conditions; "never had a speeding ticket in my life." Well, you just haven't driven enough then . . .

Oh, and to the policewoman who took my licence away for a month for speeding on a country freeway - you're a filthy hypocrite since you were doing about 10km/hr over what I was . . . before you stopped me.
( Mrs Legless . . . belongs to, well, you know . . . :), Sat 14 Oct 2006, 8:32, Reply)