This is one of the bright spots of the second Chirac presidency: he made traffic accidents a serious issue, and implemented tougher and consistent enforcement of some kinds of violations. A big plan of automated radar speed controls (with public locations, and signs on the road forearning of their presence) worked because enforcement was automatic and not dependent on what your access to elected officials was. Systematic ad campaigns also get the message through.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes