01-05-2017, 07:45 AM
I would add that the official linkage between speed and safety is primarily a rationalization for revenue enhancement through speed enforcement. It is set up as a social vice, which provides justification for "taxing" it through heavy fines.
If safety was the primary concern, there would be more enforcement of other equally if not more dangerous behaviors such as poor vehicle condition (especially worn tire tread, tire under-inflation, improper windshield wiper/defroster function, defective glass, and improper condition of vehicle lighting), driver inattentiveness, failure to signal lane changes and turns, improper following distance, improper use of the passing lane as a travel lane, failure to illuminate, etc.
Not to mention, when you are actually involved in a collision...there is usually no fine unless there was gross negligence. In the US, you are fined for speeding because you might cause an accident, but if you actually cause an accident...there's typically no fine.
If safety was the primary concern, there would be more enforcement of other equally if not more dangerous behaviors such as poor vehicle condition (especially worn tire tread, tire under-inflation, improper windshield wiper/defroster function, defective glass, and improper condition of vehicle lighting), driver inattentiveness, failure to signal lane changes and turns, improper following distance, improper use of the passing lane as a travel lane, failure to illuminate, etc.
Not to mention, when you are actually involved in a collision...there is usually no fine unless there was gross negligence. In the US, you are fined for speeding because you might cause an accident, but if you actually cause an accident...there's typically no fine.