Speed Kills

"Speed Kills" ... so says numerous signboards along the roads that I drive everyday.

Is speed really such a demon ? Maybe. Unskilled drivers, or drivers who are just overconfident of their skills are more dangerous. Oh, and according to some informal surveys, 80% of drivers say they are above average... :)

So, with this mantra in mind, sometime late last year and this year, more speed traps have been setup all over Singapore.

And lets see some interesting statistics.


Update : 8 Nov.
Hmm... seems like I just deleted something.. And couldn't get it back..
I will try to reconstruct what I have written :

The statistics shows that while the number of motorists caught speeding increased by about 37%, actual injuries due to speeding has dropped by about 7%.

So either :
(1) Increase in speed traps drove the rise in fines, but number of actual speeding motorists stays the same all these while, thus no sharp rise in number of injuries
(2) Speeding all these while is not that bad ? I mean, with all the media hype about speed traps, and so many people being caught, injuries drop by mere 7% , which could be just a simple fluctuation.