On 16/02/2024 01:58, Simon Mason wrote (talking to himself):

On Thursday, February 15, 2024 at 9:59:52 PM UTC, Simon Mason wrote:

QUOTE: “This could have been avoided if the driver was named because Warwickshire Police prefers to educate drivers first and if the driver is eligible they will most likely be offered a speed awareness course. You can only attend one course every

three years and those not eligible will face a £100 fine and three points. Speeding is illegal and dangerous and high speed offences will go straight to court.“ ENDS

I thought that the rabid gammons insist that speeding is a "victimless crime"?
IT IS NOT!

In fact, it is one of the "fatal five".
More than twice the number of people died on Cheshire’s roads in 2018 in comparison to the previous year – and the majority of those deaths could have been avoided.

46 people lost their lives in road traffic collisions in 2018 and already, in 2019, there have been 23 fatalities on our roads – that’s more than one per week.

Investigations into these collisions show that some of the fatalities could have been prevented and that there are five main contributory factors that cause serious road traffic collisions. These are known as the 'Fatal Five'.
The Fatal Five

Careless driving
Drink and drug driving
Not wearing a seatbelt
Using a mobile phone
Speeding

Road users who commit one of the Fatal Five offences are far more likely to be involved in a fatal collision than those who do not.

People are dying on our roads as a result of motorists’ poor driving, reckless decisions and momentary lapses in concentration. Fatal collisions are heart-breaking – for the family, for the community, and for the responding emergency services staff

who have to witness the tragedy and subsequent aftermath. Stopping any more deaths from occurring as a result of something unnecessary and totally avoidable is a top priority for us.

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