[FrankyV]

Simple logic says that there is more dangerous road behavior than speeding and when a cop sits at the side of the road catching speeders he is not out there patrolling for drunks and other truly dangerous drivers. Of course patrolling the roads is less lucrative than shooting radar. As for speed cameras, they don't even deter you or slow you down in real time like getting pulled over does. A photo ticket results in you slowing down at that spot in the future but that is about all for it's deterrent effect.

I find it hilarious that law enforcement, the insurance industry and the safety nazis all point to the data that says "speed kills". Consider the source: they are the ones that designate speed as a factor in or cause of a particuar accident and they have a financial interest in the establishment and enforcement of speed limits, so of course the data is going to support their case- it's not independently gathered and verified. And consider this- speed can always be designated as a factor in an accident because if you and the other guy were going zero there is no accident.

People have totally lost sight of the fact that our interstate system was designed to be travelled safely at high speed for the cars of the 50's. Cars today are obviously much more capable and safe, so speed limits should be going up not down. And the huge increase in the fatality rate that was predicted when 55 was reapealed has not materialized- less people, in absolute numbers and deaths per a number of miles driven, are killed on the roads today than before, despite a huge increase in the number of cars.

I think better driver education is the key to improved road safety, not speed limit enforcement. That's the German model.