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baldwin@netcom.com (J.D. Baldwin) wrote:

>> Rest assured the leadfoot crowd will find a way to convince themselves
>> speeding had nothing to do with this or any of the other crashes you
>> mentioned.

>I'd hate to see you disappointed, so here I am to say exactly that.
>Speeding perhaps increased the severity of this crash -- perhaps if
>he'd beeing going 65 instead of 85, he merely would have broken his
>neck and smashed in his skull instead of having his "brain hanging
>out."

A little math goes a long way.  Many is the time an investigator has
done a what-if calculation that reveals the collision was easily
avoidable had the speed been at the limit.

>I fail to see how a "someone was speeding and driving like an
>idiot" anecdote proves anything about those of us who speed and drive
>carefully while doing so.

Those are someone else's words.

>Hell, even the drivers' manual published by my original home state
>admitted that speed doesn't cause accidents, in and of itself.

What state is that?  I'll see if I can find a copy.
 
>(But it does make accidents more severe when they happen.)

Of course.  And when the difference is between injury and death, guess
what?  Speed kills.  

>Fortunately, the police where I live generally take the same view.  If
>you're not weaving or following too closely, and you stay near the
>flow of traffic at about 15 mph over the posted limit, you'll
>generally be left alone.

That's pretty much how it works here however if your speed is ten over
AND you make a lane change or two without signalling I'm going to stop
you and attitude will determine if there will be one citation or two.

 

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