First the impact of religion on behavior has been studied for a long time. Perhaps the most famous being the increased economic growth of Protestant areas over Catholic areas.
Anyway, you misunderstand what I am saying. Cheating, Murder, Stealing, are often directly referenced in religious terms and so they are influenced by religion. It's behaviors that are not described in religious terms (aka speeding) that have minimal impact.
In other words, religion is generally a 'narrow' change in thought and behavior rather than influencing all actions.
PS: Now, if some religious leader takes up the cause that speeding is meaningful then that's going to have an impact. But, again only because of the direct focus.
But I am not talking impact (Which there is conflicting data) but data that shows a upward trend of religion around the world. You keep pushing down religion like its a bad thing and individual people are lesser because of it. There are millions that would say their own lives were changed and you should just say glad for you. :) Don't have a First World bias :)
The least religious nations, according to the poll, are China (14 percent saying they are religious), Japan (16 percent), Czech Republic (20 percent), Turkey (23 percent), Sweden (29 percent), Vietnam (30 percent), Australia (37 percent),
So, the EU is still fairly religious compared to much of the world.
Though the most religious countries are not really a list you want to join:
Ghana (96 percent of the participants that they are religious), Nigeria (93 percent), Armenia (92 percent), Fiji (92 percent), Macedonia (90 percent), Romania (89 percent), Iraq (88 percent), Kenya (88 percent), Peru (86 percent), and Brazil (85 percent).
Anyway, you misunderstand what I am saying. Cheating, Murder, Stealing, are often directly referenced in religious terms and so they are influenced by religion. It's behaviors that are not described in religious terms (aka speeding) that have minimal impact.
There are even industry's focused around following the letter of religious 'law' while side stepping the impacts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_on_Shabbat
In other words, religion is generally a 'narrow' change in thought and behavior rather than influencing all actions.
PS: Now, if some religious leader takes up the cause that speeding is meaningful then that's going to have an impact. But, again only because of the direct focus.