[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by REDVAN

There are a lot of people who focus on speeding as the number one danger on the road. It is something that you can't change. People will speed. The only way to deter it is to increase fines so high that people lose their cars for speeding. That won't happen. Some people like to go faster, that's never going to change unless it is made physically impossible by governors (and that is dangerous too).

I think that instead of telling everyone to slow down as the only (or main) policy for increasing safety, there needs to be more education about other things that can make roads safer. IMO they (paying attention, proper maintenance, etc) are more important than merely decreasing speed. And by that I don't mean that speeding is not dangerous. It can be. It just doesn't have to be.

Ahh, now we agree (mostly) on something. As much as I've already bashed you on your stance on speeding, I totally agree that stupid people yapping away on cellphones while eating and driving with their knees is much worse.