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my mum sent me some horrific pictures of a crash. it was a GTI traveling at 200 KPH into a lorry. yep messy to say the least.
anyway, got me thinking. does speed kill. or is it the driver.
- a gun doesnt pull the trigger a human does
- speed doesnt chose to travel at pace the human does
i suppose they will never slow down or stop the rate in which people die on the roads. with more people driving on the roads every year the death toll must rise too
is it right to speed
would there be less deaths if every oen stuck to the limit.
or is it that people who dont observe who cause the crashes
anyway, got me thinking. does speed kill. or is it the driver.
- a gun doesnt pull the trigger a human does
- speed doesnt chose to travel at pace the human does
i suppose they will never slow down or stop the rate in which people die on the roads. with more people driving on the roads every year the death toll must rise too
is it right to speed
would there be less deaths if every oen stuck to the limit.
or is it that people who dont observe who cause the crashes
INCOMING!!!!
i have hosted what my mum sent me. pretty sick if you ask me..
no make that
IGNSICK..
please be aware this if really bad...
http://www.nickwells.plus.com/
NSFW
no make that
IGNSICK..please be aware this if really bad...
http://www.nickwells.plus.com/
NSFW
Speed is simply part of a recipe that can end in death.
Other ingredients inlcude poor driving, bald tyres in the wet, diabolical braking and making silly hand/wrist movements in the rushing air when your arm is out of the window - to name a few.
Any combination of these can result in an accident. One factor cannot take sole blame.
Other ingredients inlcude poor driving, bald tyres in the wet, diabolical braking and making silly hand/wrist movements in the rushing air when your arm is out of the window - to name a few.
Any combination of these can result in an accident. One factor cannot take sole blame.
kambites said:
Speed doesn't (often) lead to accidents but it does make them a lot more serious when they do happen. Thus the two camps, the "we can make accidents less serious by slowing everyone down" camp and the "we avoid accidents by driving better" one.
This is true. Speed doesn't kill, but going too fast definitely makes it worse when things do go pear-shaped, whatever the cause of the crash. Personally, I don't drive very fast because I work on the (usually correct) assumption that everyone else on the road is stone cold stupid and will try and drive in to me at any opportunity.
Millions of people every day prove that simply exceeding the posted speed limit doesn't kill.
As has already been said, inappropriate use of speed will see you off your mortal coil pretty rapidly. i.e. 100 MPH in driving rain and limited visibility is pretty stupid as is approaching a sharp bend at the same speed, but intelligence and education should teach you that this isn't appropriate. However 100 MPH on an uncongested, warm, dry and straight motorway in an appropriate vehicle isn't unsafe IMO, as long as you understand your vehicle and don't get complacent.
As has already been said, inappropriate use of speed will see you off your mortal coil pretty rapidly. i.e. 100 MPH in driving rain and limited visibility is pretty stupid as is approaching a sharp bend at the same speed, but intelligence and education should teach you that this isn't appropriate. However 100 MPH on an uncongested, warm, dry and straight motorway in an appropriate vehicle isn't unsafe IMO, as long as you understand your vehicle and don't get complacent.
mechsympathy said:
NickFRP said:
would there be less deaths if every oen stuck to the limit.
or is it that people who dont observe who cause the crashes
No and yes. or is it that people who dont observe who cause the crashes
Big Rod said:
Millions of people every day prove that simply exceeding the posted speed limit doesn't kill.
As has already been said, inappropriate use of speed will see you off your mortal coil pretty rapidly. i.e. 100 MPH in driving rain and limited visibility is pretty stupid as is approaching a sharp bend at the same speed, but intelligence and education should teach you that this isn't appropriate. However 100 MPH on an uncongested, warm, dry and straight motorway in an appropriate vehicle isn't unsafe IMO, as long as you understand your vehicle and don't get complacent.
On empty roads it's always (a bit) safer to be driving at 70 then 100mph. Just as it's always safer to be stationary than at 20mph. The crucial thing to my mind is that on an empty road you're only going to kill yourself.As has already been said, inappropriate use of speed will see you off your mortal coil pretty rapidly. i.e. 100 MPH in driving rain and limited visibility is pretty stupid as is approaching a sharp bend at the same speed, but intelligence and education should teach you that this isn't appropriate. However 100 MPH on an uncongested, warm, dry and straight motorway in an appropriate vehicle isn't unsafe IMO, as long as you understand your vehicle and don't get complacent.
Driving at 100mph can be perfectly safe as long as nothing goes wrong but, having had a blow out at about 70mph, I'd damned glad I wasn't doing 100 at the time.
kambites said:
mechsympathy said:
NickFRP said:
would there be less deaths if every oen stuck to the limit.
or is it that people who dont observe who cause the crashes
No and yes. or is it that people who dont observe who cause the crashes
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