Speed

Everyday essential movement by road has been maliciously bedeviled by the government to the point of absurdity.

“Everybody sees speed as the main factor involved in accidents but usually it is drivers’ misjudgements.”
Sgt Brian Rogers, Cheshire Police, 1998-10-28

“It is a fact that everyone who has a car will speed. I have broken the speed limit and I defy anyone to say that they haven’t. The point is that often speed limits are broken without people having accidents. What we have to focus on is where speed is actually causing accidents.”
Steve Mortimore, Assistant Chief Constable, Avon and Somerset Police, Daily Mail 2003-06-05

“Exceeding the speed limit related to just 60 collisions per year out of a total of 1,900 collisions in the Durham area ? that`s about 3%.”
Paul Garvin, Chief Constable, Durham Constabulary, Sunday Times 2003-11-23

“Any time you have police issuing an inordinate number of tickets, it probably means the speed limit is set artificially low.”
Lt. Gary Megge, Michigan State Police Traffic Services Section, Detroit News, 2010-04-27