Thanks to Greg for this one.
Of course doing 30mph is less dangerous than doing 40mph. So, let’s enforce the 30mph limit. But wait. Doing 20mph is even less dangerous, think of how many children will be saved. So, 20 is plenty. And why not abolish cars altogether: let’s just walk, think of how many innocent children we will save. Of course we don’t do that, because we know (even if it is not PC to say) that the benefits of driving (personal and to society in general) FAR OUTWEIGH the cost of a few thousand road deaths a year. That’s why almost all of us often speed. Me, too. I do about 50mph (like everyone else on that road) on a safe 30mph country road, every day as I drive to work and back. It takes me 30 min instead of 50. That’s 40 min each day that I can spend in more productive ways, and I feel also less tired and more efficient at work. Multiply that by millions of other “speeding” drivers over the UK, and you’ll understand how much our society benefits from the time gained by “speeding”.
Rob Barberis, Guildford
That’s awfully thoughtful of you Rob but I think it’s probably best if you stick to the speed limit and the rest of us will try to somehow get by without that extra 40 minutes of your “productive” time (although it would be an impressively long wank).
Will the police be going to visit Mr Barberis for a quiet chat about his admission that he breaks the law on a regular basis?
If only he’d thought to leave his address, or at least his licence plate number.