We all have the right to use the roads. We have a duty to do so in a manner that "keeps the peace"; i.e. to be competent to perform in a manner consistent with the greater damage that driving a motor vehicle can cause.
Beyond a system to show that competence, common law requires there to have been a *victim* for there to have been an offense at law. A victim can be one who was only endangered by sufficiently reckless behaviour, and not actually injured in any way -- this adheres even when one is *not* driving, BTW, but a victim there must be.
Since the vast majority of people navigate the roads at the speeds in question every day without the slightest incident (and since what incidents that do occur are more likely to be caused by other factors than they are likely to be caused by exceeding the posted limit), there is no prima facie basis for declaring "speeding" (exceeding the posted limit) as a form of endangerment.
That you wish to throw away your rights shouldn't have any effect on the rest of us.
-- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia "If you raise the ceiling 4 feet, move the fireplace from that wall to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you sit in the bottom of that cupboard."
