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Originally Posted by Xaccers
At 20mph the stopping distance is 40ft.
That means that there is a 35 foot zone where the 30 mph car could hit and kill or injure a pedestrian but the 20 mph car would have stopped before entering.
What would your view of speeding be if you hit and killed a pedestrian in that 35 foot zone?
Would your view change if your child, partner or parent was killed in that zone?
How about if you hit and killed your own child, partner or parent in that zone? Would you put on their gravestone
Here lies the body of my son
He died but hey, I wasn't speeding so I'm obviously not a bad driver
Speeding does not equal death/injury/accident, bad driving does. |
Your last sentence would be so true but you are forgettting that speeding IS bad driving.
When you are driving you have to read the road and anticipate what could happen.
A 30 mph area does not mean that you HAVE to drive at 30 mph or even faster if you think you are the perfect driver who is never going to have an accident or get caught speeding. It means that you are in an area where accidents are more likely to happen and you should be prepared by keeping your speed below the limit.
But the point that some of us are trying to make is that accidents DO happen and the faster you are travelling, the more serious the consequences.
A couple of questions for you.
1 Do you deliberately break the speed limit?
2 If you do, why?