Where is this 'overwhelming wish to amend laws'??
Most coppers I have talked to will happily do anyone speeding in 30/40 limits but turn a blind eye on someone exceeding the speed limit on the open road unless they are riding like a pillock. Shortly before I packed in riding I turned into one of my favourite 10 mile B roads behind six bike coppers. I stayed with them at speeds into three figures and when they pulled into a layby at the main road the instructor at the back gave me a wave as I went past. I am certain he was watching me in his mirrors and if I had been riding beyond my limits he would have taken some action. Obviously they were not using blues and twos. When was the last time you heard of someone being done for under 70 on a main road or under 80 on a motorway. Temporary speed limits excepted. A few years back the Chief Supt responsible for speeding policy to the assoc of police chiefs was caught by a scamera van doing 88 in 60mph limit near Wrexham. Speed does NOT kill otherwise the astronauts could not survive and if you start thinking about the speed we are doing on planet earth then 150 mph one way or the other is nothing.
I have never said 'speed kills'. That would be dumb.
What I have said is that the higher the speed the higher the risk. There cannot, surely, be any argument about that. And with it the higher risk to other road users.
As an aside, the 'I've been riding for,38'years' etc reminds me of an incident I had on the way to,work going through Greenwich. I had a fella on a cbr600 right up my chuff when filtering, revving the engine and showing general agitation. He pulled a silly overtake and carved me up at the same time.,,at the next set of,liguts I pleasantly asked him what he thought he was doing- (paraphrasing) 'you need to get a move on you w****r I have been riding for,six years and can tell you that you can filter much quicker that'
Less than 200 yards past the lights sure enough he was T boned by a car coming the through a line of traffic from a turning on the left as he filtered down the outside....
His risk appetite was higher than mine, but I was the one who got to work safely.