As a researcher, I can't answer your question adequately. However, I think it's worth looking at what France has done in this area. The French have installed detectors to control speed. When the French exceed the speed limit, they receive a contravention and a photo in the mail.
At a recent scientific conference—I should point out here that I haven't read the documents and that our researchers will have to verify the quality of this information—it was revealed that the number of accidents involving alcohol had declined. It was also stated that this number had fallen to such a degree that the longevity of the French had been altered. I was a professor invited to Bordeaux, and when I presented the data, my colleagues there told me that, the main challenge in France was to keep people alive until the age of 40. People were dying in car accidents, but the situation changed after the age of 40; they lived well. I brought this question up with Herb Simpson, who has long been the director of the Traffic Injury Research Foundation. He told me that France's road safety record was worse than Canada's. So you have to consider the facts in perspective.
However, I would like to remind the committee of the importance of controlling speed and risk-taking as factors in reducing the number of deaths and accidents on the roads. In the Department of Transport report chaired by Mr. De Koninck, Mr. De Koninck, who is a mathematician, recalled that speed was the number one problem on Quebec roads, ahead of even alcohol. A cascade effect was also noted: when speed is controlled and suppressed, the rate of alcohol-related accidents also declines. The translated English version of that report will be sent to you soon.
As we've also studied the speed question in my lab, I'm completely comfortable with that statement. I will also remind you that, as long as Canada and the United States market faster and faster cars, there will be another type of problem. That was an “editorial” comment; you can make of it what you will.