Life expectancy declines seen in U.S. and other high-income countries

And no, I categorically reject your appeal to “people make mistakes.” A speed trap is a mistake unfairly penalized. Parking under a partially hidden fire zone sign is a mistake. Speeding is a willful decision that evidences either ignorance or disregard for the impact of higher speeds and traffic disparity on mortality risk.

I really don’t think calling this a “pet peeve” like when someone blocks a driveway is at all comparable.

For breaking the law?

I was surprised when I spotted the first camouflage colored camera and stood on the brakes. Luckily I didn't get a letter.

None of the towns had a sign indicating the end of the low speed regime. In a biergarten I asked someone when the low speed usually ends and he told me that at the end of the town there's a sign on which the town's name is striked through. This is also the end of the low speed regime! Then I continued and I arrived at a larger town. There I seem to have missed the end of the low speed area because people started to overtake me.

I thought it's their own fault because it's the people in these towns who have asked for the low speed on their roads.

This is not hard nor is your life at risk if you do 80 in a 80 zone instead of 90 kph. (Unless it is, which is why Ambulances don't really have to adhere to traffic law where I live)

Don't drive too fast and you don't get speeding tickets, problem solved, no?

(There may be no proof that tickets make roads safer but appropriate speed limits do)

Furthermore, do you have any studies supporting your claim that expensive tickets don’t reduce speeding?

There is a speed limit of 50km/h in towns and villages, which is often dropped down to 30 in pedestrian rich areas, in front of schools and so on. There is a 100km/h speed limit on normal roads outside of settlements. These are one-lane in each direction with not separation.

On the Autobahn, you have at least two lanes in each direction with separation. There is no general speed limit but there are many speed limited stretches, usually to 120km/h. These limits are on about 50% of the Autobahn.

Fines for speeding are not really high, but you do get "point", so multiple violations can lead to losing your drivers license.

To get a license, you take a minimum of 12 driving lessons and a theoretical course. There is theoretical test and a practical test.

I think the high-quality drivers education + the safety features of cars + the mandatory inspections of the cars (yearly) help offset the safety risk of the higher speeds.

Yes there is. The autobahn may be roughly 50% without speed limits, but every other road has speed limits.

Unless otherwise indicated these are 100 km/h between villages, 50km/h in cities and villages.

1. I’m not talking about that, I’m talking about speeding,

2. Statistically, speeding is dangerous.

1) equally safe, all else being equal,

2) equally safe, in an where one of those speeds is faster than the legal speed limit,

3) equally safe, when there is a disparity in surrounding traffic speed (possibly due to #2).

I want to be extremely clear if that's really your position, because if it is you're hand waving away the danger of a ~16% increase in speed.

If you slam on your brakes first, starting at 60mph instead of 70mph could save a life.

EDIT: Oh, it's a troll. Wasn't as clear when I posted this. I need to learn not to feed the trolls... sorry all.

If you're a blue collar worker, you can usually find a job near where you live. If you're a white collar worker, you need to find a house near where your job is.

If you're a tradie in Melbourne or Sydney, you can live in the suburbs and find a job in the suburbs. But all the tech workers are stuck working in the city, so you either spend a literal fortune on a house nearby (buying or renting are both expensive), or have a massive commute.

It does give me pause for thought. I'm nowhere near close to settling down or having kids (not that I have any desire to), but if it does happen, I'm not sure what I'd do. Commuting for an hour each way doesn't sound like my kind of lifestyle.

The success of complaining means that there is no shortage and thus no need to raise the pay.

wages are not determined between management and labor, but between the owners of means to produce and its labourers.

Most managers are also labourers and are just as much on payroll as a factory worker is, they just have authority over other workers.

The class conflict has always been between those who own the means and gain money through passively using this and those who do the actual labour.

this dynamic still has not changed in the past 150 years, and i doubt it will change.

We consume junk, continuosly.

"robbed" because voters accepted capital concentration by accepting that it would trickle down, which is a lie.

All the while those GDP increases have gone to fewer and fewer people.

I'm sure they'll feel reassured when you tell them GDP per capita has gone up.

It's not about the poor being a bit better off with things like luxuries. It's about their piece of the overall wealth and stake in the economy gradually shrinking.