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So you've never broken a stupid law, like ripping a DVD? Around 90% of the population break the speed limit. If you drive on a motorway, doing only the speed limit, you'll be holding up traffic. When 90% of people break a law, that's a pretty sure sign that the law is bad and should be changed. Thankfully, the law is soon to be changed, increasing the speed limit on motorways from 70 to 80. It's a start. Politicians have taken notice, and seen that the current speed laws (Put in place decades ago when cars had crappy brakes etc), are out dated. The mobile speed cameras I see most often are hidden behind trees in areas that have a stupid speed limit (eg a stretch of road with no houses, pavements or people, but 30mph limit). I'm not moaning about being fined - I take a lot of care not to be. I'm moaning that firstly, they are there to generate revenue, not save lives, and secondly, they actually make our roads more dangerous, with people paying attention to their speed, rather than real dangers/people/etc. |