Speeding tickets are simply a revenue generator, not a safety device. Im not saying that in defense of my own behavior, as I usually drive pretty close to the limit, as speeding within urban areas isnt worth it. Its especially silly on local motorways, where theres a 55mph posted limit in the city, but *everybody* does 75. Youd be a fool to drive 55 as it would be dangerous, albeit legal. Authorities who want safer roads should have patrol cars out to ticket people for poor driving habits, egregious speeders (not those that picked up 5mph going downhill by accident), bad lane discipline, dangerous passing, not yielding, blah blah blah. Give people leeway when it comes to speeding. Making the public obsess about being a mere 5mph over makes folks more likely to be looking at the speedo vs. paying attention to the road.
I agree, too many dickwits on the road. Nearly every journey I see idiocy and lunacy on the road and it enrages me. This past month Ive had a car spin out in front of me, a white van man pull out to the right hand lane at 80mph, metres in front of me, with no indication. Cue harsh braking, horn and venomous abuse from me. Then, again on the motorway, contemptible tosspot sat in the outside lane on an empty motorway doing 70mph. I indicate and move across - early - from the left to overtake a lorry and keep to my 75mph to have him pull in 10 seconds later the very moment in next to him and nearly smack straight into the side of me. More horn and swearing.
These people need to be booked, not people doing a reasonable speed on the road for the conditions. You can read the road ahead for dangers and to assess risk, you cant plan for utter dickheads without an ounce of spatial awareness swinging widly across lanes.
