@2unlimited: Sadly its impossible to read the rest of the article (I am not buying subscription) where the driver did something else probably than only speeding like for example running from the police that is not only speeding. And actually even in Poland they jailed "frog" for 3 months cause of creating the risk of a land catastrophe after he had a race against the police all around Warszawa while actually proven endangering a lot of people plus he got away and it really pissed the police so they actually used an another paragraph than for speeding because it was 10 other things than speeding alone. But this is not simple speeding on a non congested autobahn or simple stuff like you get jailed for in Norway.
As for SEP well people who enjoy flying do fly SEP for fun or as instructors or even in aerobatics (a proper SEP ofc. ). And dangerous.... well I believe its much more dangerous if you get your elevator stuck than the engine failure in a SEP. I know an instructor who can land on the roof of a hiper market (with light SEP) if needed after engine failure. But it does take skill that is why I am trying to learn as much as possible so the day it happen I am able to cope with it even if there is not a nice grassy field in vicinity and the emergency procedures are not enough for a safe landing. Its up to you how dangerous engine failure is. There are some pilots who will get alive out of it no matter what you fail in their SEP unless the whole aircraft fall apart in mid air. You only live once, life is not about being bored for 100 years and then putting a relatively healthy corpse inside the grave, life is about having fun. And the having fun part is what makes every socialist shake with anger and shout: forbid it!
As for SOP: It is no problem to follow it to the letter. It is there for the safety of 100s of passengers you are carrying and not for you to have fun. Its your job and still its enjoyable more than probably any other job in the world but it is a job where you are at work being responsible for peoples safety and not having fun. A bus driver on autobahn can not do the stuff he can do driving alone in his car its a big difference.
What I talk about is your free time it is what a state like Norway struggle to control, and free time means free. So there you should have certain degree of freedom to enjoy your life and not be forbidden everything because someone else failed to exercise his freedom. You should only be punished for what you do and not for what could happen IF. And that is where Norway is most restrictive in Europe or maybe even in the world its forbidding stuff "over low shoe" no matter if its really dangerous or just their imagination (like with the dogs). And that is one of the reasons I do not thrive in a restrictive nation that wish to control your life in your free time as much as possible.