Wendy could you point us to the survey so we can see exactly what questions were asked to whom and what the results were. As to the general points.
Speed and the use of speed guns (and I have seen them used in Les Arcs) is a difficult issue. I watch the racers going down the cachette run in les arcs to get to the start of the slalom course. They go very fast, but are perfectly in control and very safe (and a pleasure to watch). I watch others going slower and at a speed way beyond their abilities, but on empty pistes they are no danger to anyone except themselves, but then the same skier going slower still on a crowded piste can be very dangerous.
The question is then - who sets the speed limits, where are the limits displayed and do we all have to carry a GPS and hold it in front of us to verify that we do not exceed it?
In short this is a daft idea.
Breath tests? Once again, when, how and in what circumstances will these be taken. There have been a number of fatalities in recent years involving the consumption of alcohol in ski resorts. Since these involve people leaving ski bars drunk and dying of hypothermia the tests must clearly be carried out in the early hours of the morning in or near bars and night clubs. Can you imagine St. Anton without the drunken ski back to town?
Though I quite like the idea of the police on the piste supervising dangerous skiing I thought the pistuers did this anyway.
John
