Speedometer

The speedometer, what is its function? A speedometer is supposedly there to inform you of what speed you are doing; this theory is fine initially, but it is not the case, unless it relates to a racing car driver. The speedometer, within society, is there for one purpose alone, and that purpose is to inform the driver of how fast they should not be going, not how fast they are going. If there were no speed limits, or it was an area, such as the desert, there would be no purpose in knowing what speed the speedometer registered, as long as the motorist had full control of the vehicle. When a motorist drives along they are constantly monitoring not how fast they are going, but rather whether they are going too fast, and the two are complete opposites. The speedometer is there in order to control society, and not for the purpose of registering the speed being done by the driver. At every maximum speed sign along the road that a driver encounters, the motorist will check that they are in compliance with society's rules, and will adjust their speed accordingly if they are going too fast, but seldom will a driver speed up if they are not going as fast as they are permitted to within any particular area. The speedometer relies on the driver being an honest and responsible member of society, because speed limits in every location cannot be monitored at every hour in throughout the day; there is the fear of those in authority taking action against a road user that does not comply with speed limits, so this could also place the speedometer in to the realm of those in authority being ever present within a vehicle that is being driven, and the anxiety of breaking society's rules and therefore being forced to adhere to those very rules is what the speedometer really symbolises.