Re: Law-abiding majority 'is a myth'

in message <5eevjdF383jbhU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Peter Clinch
('p.j.clinch@xxxxxxxxxxxx') wrote:

Simon Brooke wrote:

Apart from three thousand deaths and tens of thousands of serious
injuries, of course. Every year. But they don't count, they aren't
'victims'...

That's a bit disingenuous: before I decided to tone down my driving and
stay under the limits I often speeded out of town. But I didn't ever
get anyone killed or injured in the process.
100% of shoplifting results in a problem. Less than 100% of speeding
does. There /is/ a distinction.

No, there /isn't/. As Ian Smith rightly points out, the kids who can't go
freely about their affairs, who can't visit their friends without
supervision, who can't play in the street; and the old and infirm who
become trapped in their houses, are just as much victims of speeding as
the people who are injured and killed.

You can't speed responsibly. Speeding is irresponsible, and criminal.
And it doesn't just 'hurt' people, it kills them.

It can do, but is 71 mph on a clear motorway more irresponsible than,
say, 70 on the same road in an inferior vehicle (say, less controllable
and/or more dangerous to anything it hits)?

Straw man.

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;; LISP as to make no difference.
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