Thread: 80mph speed limit 'would increase deaths by 20%'
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Old 27-12-2011, 21:30   #45
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Re: 80mph speed limit 'would increase deaths by 20%'
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Originally Posted by Hom3r View Post
Well I drive on the motorway everyday.

I would ban lorrys from lane 2 to 4 in the rain.
They are banned from the outside lane anyway


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Originally Posted by Hom3r View Post
Speed doesn't kill, it's the pratts behind the wheel who drive outside their skill level.
The trouble is that many people over estimate their own skill level. So when they drive within what they believe to be their own skill level, they are actually way outside it.

If we all drove defensively, then roads would be a far safer place.
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