Re: Victory for green lanes

Roger wrote:

Turning the majority of motorists into common criminals doesn't help the
situation particularly when what has been perfectly legal for years gets
criminalised for no better reason than a non driving socialist not
wanting the rich to drive any faster than the volk in their volkswagons.

Oh dear. The rant-o-meter has just broken having gone off the scale,
leading me to suspect some angry rationalisation has taken the place of
informed thought.

The number of deaths on British roads has been on a downward curve since
before the advent of the socialist curse and that despite the huge
increase in traffic and the higher speeds today.

Transport research has long noted a "safety in numbers" effect. The
more cars/bikes/whatever there are, the lower the accident rates. If
people are more used to other vehicles, they pay more attention to them.
Perhaps counter-intuitive, but true, and neatly sidesteps you rant
about the evils of socialism.

Meanwhile deaths from hospital acquired infections didn't even register
on the public radar until the total exceeded that on the roads. Are we
to see hospital staff penalised for failures in hygiene?

Do you honestly believe they aren't?

You won't get drivers acting as responsible adults by treating them like
irresponsible infants.

But as the record shows, you won't get them them acting responsibly by
assuming they'll sensibly limit themselves.

Pete.
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