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On 05/08/2011 11:33, Simon Mason wrote: > Hopefully this will make the roads safer for all road users.

You don't really believe that, you just want to punish drivers and you don't care what the effects on safety are.

> Not surprised at the sheer level of law breaking though.

...which of course indicates that it's safe to break that particular law, and not, as you would have it, that 70 percent of motorists are reckless (only a car-hater or a simpleton would think that).

> And police say an average speed reduction of just 1mph nationally will > reduce road collision casualties by five per cent."

Utterly debunked. A litmus test which shows conclusively that the person concerned doesn't know what they are talking about, and is either easily led by car-haters or a car-hater themselves. Other similar claims are "Speeding causes a third of all accidents", "Collisions have reduced by x% at camera sites" (ignoring RTTM) and "You can't build your way out of congestion".

It's no surprise that Simon Mason the car-hater simply repeats such claims despite knowing that they are bullshit.