> A similar incident close to where I live saw a similar knee-jerk
> response by councillors. The bald facts were that a car driver, who was
> driving at 85mph in a 50mph limit crossed onto the other side of the
> road killing seven people. Local councillors ranted about the speeding
> and the inevitable loss of life and demanded speed cameras and "traffic
> calming" by which they meant chicanes, on a major 'A' road.
>
> During all the hysteria the hysterical forgot to take account of the
> fact that drink and drugs seemed to be the real cause of the accident.