Quote Originally Posted by Deanna View Post
Regarding 8-10 mph over posted speed limits, that may have been safe before the days of cell phones. Too many drivers are driving distracted to be speeding at the same time. We very recently had an accident on the freeway near my office where a driver was doing 70 mph (only 5mph over the 65 speed limit) who was "distracted" and didn't see the stopped traffic ahead in time to hit his breaks. He slammed into a car, killing 4 of the 5 passengers when their car went up in flames and sending a 4 year old boy to the hospital with severe burns. If that doesn't make you think twice about speeding, I don't know what will.
Sad to say, but I wonder if the result would have been different had he not been speeding. I seriously doubt it. It's more a problem of distracted drivers and less a problem of speed, I think. We have some roads here where the speed limit is 70. So, he would not have been speeding. I agree it's a tragedy - I'm just not sure the 5mph speeding was to blame.

On some roads I drive, my choice is speed or be rear ended. I'll choose speeding. I choose not to drive with a cell without a hands free device (not regulated here). I don't drive if I'm extremely tired (again, my choice). And yes, I almost get run into by 10 bad drivers each day. Dunno how we fix the "bad driver" problem.

lph - the joke is hilarious!