Just read and UNDERSTAND hdawson's post.
What we are talking about here is NOT about road safety. It IS about a self-righteous, naive, 'politically correct' group enforcing their own distorted values upon a subservient malleable population.
The 'enforcers' are silly enough to be persuaded by focus groups and market research studies, but I'm going to tell you from direct, personal experience, that you could prove virtually ANYTHING by means of the format and question language involved. The figures CAN LIE fellers, and they often do!
We (most of us 'normal' roadusers) are asleep at the wheel regarding this stuff. We are being blown into the weeds by the lobby groups because we are so blase about it. We'd better wake up soon or we'll be drowned. We'll just end up riding electric powered vehicles restricted to 30kmh.
What the enforcers want is a submissive, subservient, compliant population, tugging our forelocks to the powers that be.
What I want is my kids to be brought up in a World where they can respect laws because the laws themselves are devised to respect individuals rights.
I want my kids to ride safely because they understand the NEED to ride like that, not because they are scared about some fine that might await them). Self-discipline you see?
And please don't come back at me with the 'ex-cop' self-righteous crap. I've spent a lifetime on the roads, and I know that police drivers are AT LEAST as dangerous as other road users. You know it too.
(Just in case someone might want to have a go at me, I'll just say that over about 35 years I have a CLEAN license in a state where, I reckon I'd be one of only a handful who haven't been 'pinged' by the speed cameras).
No saint, but I ride/drive with my head in gear.