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05 December 2005, 12:40 PM

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OllyK,

I agree with what you say about NL's attitude towards the motorist. Labour have always hated the thoght of anyone, apart from themselves of course, having the personal freedom to be able to drive around the country. They do like charging for it though-any way they can!

My point was purely an analysis of the actual words used in the original statement posted by Hedgehog.

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05 December 2005, 02:07 PM

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unclebuck,

it sounds like NYP are playing with the wrong statistics. I believe that 45% of the UK male population have a criminal record, so if only one in four "excessive speeders" has one, then they are proportionally more law abiding than non-speeders!!!

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It's great what you can suggest with correlations- they key word being correlation NOT causation! For example, did you know that there is a direct correlation between hand size and quality of handwriting?

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11 December 2005, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Shonen

But there is another angle to all this. Most criminals (as in burglars) go out with intent to commit crime. What if you are doing 30mph and try to safely pass a cyclist and speed up to 32mph to pass by safely, you have broken the law but not intentionally. I object to be told that as soon as I get in my car I am going to intentionally break the law so there fore I am a criminal, all before I have even put the key in the ignition.

Why would you speed up to pass a cyclist? Sounds like complete nonsense to me. And precisely who is it that's saying that as soon as you get in your car you are intentionally going to break the law? No one of course, except you!