Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: >Exceeding speed limits is very very stupid, unless you are trained and equipped >to do so. Just because you get lucky and don't kill someone doing it, doesn't >make it OK or a minor crime. > That's a very European response. The Autobahns/Autostrada are the only safe places to travel at high speed, and they're largely unrestricted or crowded. In America and Australia we have these huge open spaces with good roads, almost devoid of traffic, but with arbitrary speed limits. In my car (which has extra brakes, premium tyres, sports suspension etc), with my experience, I can drive on these open roads in complete safety at up to 160kmh, depending on visibility. If I travel at even 115kmh, I can be fined for exceeding the speed limit. This is a minor crime, and if I was rushing someone to hospital it would be OK. No-one is suggesting that anyone rips through a town at high speed - it's just that rock climbing accidents usually occur in isolated places...
Surely there are minor crimes and even crimes that are ok... where the result is a greater good and no harm to anyone. Cheers Russell C.
