Danger superfluous and unjust

We've heard it before, that cameras on our streets will force Greek drivers to improve their behavior, reducing the number of deaths and injuries that make our roads among the most dangerous in the European Union. In the past, though, the cameras turned out to be useless, and their handling was inadequate or nonexistent. Drivers ignored them and continued to violate the traffic code. Whether showing off, indifferent to our own and others' safety, whether accepting fatalistically that the high number of dead and injured is an unavoidable tax for an unruly nation, whether seduced by political charlatans, the result is that last year we recorded 60 deaths per million inhabitants, with the EU average at 46. Improving infrastructure and imposing better vehicle maintenance help up to a point. What is needed is coordination between state services, credible policing and the acquiescence of...