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speed does not kill, bad driving does
Bad driving causes accidents. Speed determines the outcome.
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We nearly get crashed into every Sunday lately and that's in Belfast in 30 mph zones, stay between the white lines you ejits!
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speed does not kill
I understand what you’re saying but don’t really get it when people try and stress this point…
How often do people drive at a speed that is appropriate considering possible hazards and their surroundings?
At what point does driving too fast become bad driving?
Seeing as you won’t eradicate bad driving shouldnt you scrub and monitor peoples speeds? In built up areas at least where you are sharing the space with other modes.
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Kinda.
Reaction time does not decrease as speed increases, it stays the same. But suddenly you've travelled much further in the time you've realised you need to hit the brakes.
Speed does kill. Sometimes.
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The speed thing - speed makes an accident more severe. Whether a 20mph or 70 mph limit. Higher speed equals more severe injuries. You don’t need stats to show this.
Speed in itself does not kill - bad driving does. Careless/inconsiderate/reckless driving causes death and injury.
This is not rocket science - bad diving kills - emergency services are trained for higher speeds - which they can travel at lawfully so a blanket ‘speed kills’ is non-sensical.
I will argue this forever - look at YouTube and the massive amount of ‘road rage’ videos - the vast majority are caused by bad driving.
On the auto driving cars - I’d be interested to see how one copes when another driver tries (presumably accidentally) to side swipe you - as happened me two days ago. I had to maintain my position but swerve to avoid a collision without hitting a kerb on the offside. It was one of those moments when horn or lights were never happening as it occurred so quickly.
In summary - speed does not kill, bad driving does.