REGARDING the recent letters on speeding I agree with Mrs S Walker. I have known two drivers who said they have benefited from the course. I also find it remarkable how often people claim they have been caught for doing 36 in a 30 zone.

Call me a sceptic but it reminds me of how a friend said a driver was told off on one of these courses when he tried to claim as much in the class. If true then fibbing won’t change something you disagree with.

Secondly society seems to treat speed limits as targets. They are not, and every bit of official guidance says not to treat them as such.

I suspect many drivers are so focused on this target fixation that they give themselves no margin to fall back on. They then lash out by blaming others (the law, police, speed cameras) for their own lack of skill in controlling the vehicle.

The way to deal with this is simple. Slow down a little. You don’t have to maintain exactly the speed limit set, you can drive slightly under. You don’t have to keep up with a flow of traffic that is exceeding the legal limit, you have your own mind, you can even set an example.

I do feel that technology will change all of this in the years to come. Computer controlled cars such as Google Cars are already showing that safer and more efficient driving is attainable.

This technology will allow a driver to focus on the road more accurately and allow the vehicle to back them up as and when needed.

And when this tech goes live the speeding ticket will be a thing of the past, as will many scrapes.

D J COOK, Southampton.