T. Berry suggests the police are far too zealous in clamping down on speeding motorists (Opinion, September 4). He quotes accident figures to back up his argument, stating speed is only a contributory factor in a small number of accidents.

Two days after his letter was published, I came across the scene of a road accident on a very narrow country road near Horsham. The driver responsible admitted he had been accelerating round the bend to get up the hill, which he knew was on the other side.

But he failed to take into account the possibility of a vehicle coming the other direction. Driving too fast to stop, he was forced up on to the embankment. His car came to rest on top of a van parked on the side of the road.

He was lucky to be unhurt. Had his car veered just a few inches to the left he would have rolled down a very steep bank into a lake. His chances of survival would have been nil.

T. Berry and anyone else who thinks the police are over zealous when dealing with speeding motorists needs to take a good look at the above picture and ask what the carnage on the roads would be like if the police didn't enforce the speed laws.

-Stuart Bower, Hawkhurst Road, Brighton