http://www.freetalklive.com/taxonomy/term/5403/0 en http://www.freetalklive.com/content/german_judge_thinks_purpose_speeding_laws_make_money <p>A German judge has shot to popularity after letting 42 speeding drivers off without charges in the last week because he thinks speed controls merely serve to fill the state's coffers rather than prevent accidents.<br /> A spokesman for Herford court in northwestern Germany, said the judge, Helmut Knoener, believed speed controls were not conducted to ensure greater road safety, but rather to provide th