Going excessively fast is a factor is 1/3 of all fatal car crashes. Have somewhere to go?
We all do. Nearly every day I drive down a freeway that has a speed limit of 65. Cars fly around me, some tailgate. A tow truck sits at the top of the freeway. Waiting. Waiting for carnage.
Read this from Smart Motorist:
The economic cost to US society of speeding-related crashes is estimated at $27.7 billion per year. In 1998, nearly 42,000 people were killed in traffic crashes and almost 3.2 million more were injured, at a cost of over $150 billion. Speed - defined as exceeding the posted speed limit or driving too fast for conditions - is a factor in nearly one third of all fatal crashes. Research by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) found that when speed limits were raised by many states in 1996, travel speeds increased and motor vehicle fatalities went up significantly on Interstate highways in those states.
The next time you are in a hurry and someone is driving too slow, for your liking ask yourself, are they going the speed limit? Do the driving conditions call for going slower then the allotted speed limit. And BTW if you read the above: when speed limits are raised vehicle fatalities went up significantly.
I truly believe we should not be driving so fast.
Accidents happen. We fall, trip, debris rolls off of cars and we need time to stop. Do you want to crash at 80MPH? Seriously?
Do you really think that you wouldn't cry if you survived that impact.
Speeding seems to me to be a cowardly act. Endangering the lives of others around you.
The freeways in Los Angeles seem to be a free for all. Where is the police enforcing speeding?