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REDVAN · 12-08-2008, 07:07 PM

Ok so I came across this stuff from a friend:

Raising highway speed limit has merit

Eight in 10 crashes blamed on distractions

The whole thing is from driving.ca, I think a lot of people need to read some articles from there. (read: snow tires, maintenance, etc)

Basically, in the "raising speed limit" article, with the evidence the author uses, I think he makes a compelling argument. Of course, we don't have that style of road here. Maybe in Ontario it's possible? Maybe we should build our ring road like this, I hope so!

Speeding is only done by 5 million Canadians. In other news, the other 30 million Canadians are liars. Everyone speeds. People who claim they don't speed: when is the last time you went 5km/h in that Safeway parking lot? Don't fool yourself, going 20 there is more dangerous as me going 130 on deerfoot/glenmore/crowchild/etc in the summer. Why? Pedestrians, especially children.

And of course the last article: duh.

Just wanted to get the monthly "speeding is the devil" topic started. It is still my position that no one should tell me how fast I can or can not go, I will chose to go as fast as I feel is safe going. But now there is some good evidence to support how awesome it is to "legally" speed. Something to consider?

The last article also proves a point that I've been trying to make for a long time- it's not the speeders like me you need to look out for, because we aren't all that dangerous. It's the people who don't pay good enough attention who are the REAL bad drivers. They are the dangerous ones. And I'm talking about those who block the left lane without realizing what they are doing. I'm talking about people on cell phones who can't keep their car in their lane. I'm talking about old people who don't notice things. Or just anyone who is distracted and their driving is suffering.

You people who aren't paying attention are the reason I speed, my reasoning being that I want to get as far away from your idiotic driving as fast as I can.

P.S. I know this has no bearing in Calgary this week due to the snow, but I just felt like giving people some discussion fodder without the heavy emotion that people usually bring to the driving threads. Let's try to keep this clean and not too personal, and also level headed...

12-08-2008, 07:07 PM	#1
REDVAN Franchise Player Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Calgary Exp:	A REDVAN Driving Thread (Special Edition, with links) Ok so I came across this stuff from a friend: Raising highway speed limit has merit SPEEDING IS AWESOME Eight in 10 crashes blamed on distractions The whole thing is from driving.ca, I think a lot of people need to read some articles from there. (read: snow tires, maintenance, etc) Basically, in the "raising speed limit" article, with the evidence the author uses, I think he makes a compelling argument. Of course, we don't have that style of road here. Maybe in Ontario it's possible? Maybe we should build our ring road like this, I hope so! Speeding is only done by 5 million Canadians. In other news, the other 30 million Canadians are liars. Everyone speeds. People who claim they don't speed: when is the last time you went 5km/h in that Safeway parking lot? Don't fool yourself, going 20 there is more dangerous as me going 130 on deerfoot/glenmore/crowchild/etc in the summer. Why? Pedestrians, especially children. And of course the last article: duh. Just wanted to get the monthly "speeding is the devil" topic started. It is still my position that no one should tell me how fast I can or can not go, I will chose to go as fast as I feel is safe going. But now there is some good evidence to support how awesome it is to "legally" speed. Something to consider? The last article also proves a point that I've been trying to make for a long time- it's not the speeders like me you need to look out for, because we aren't all that dangerous. It's the people who don't pay good enough attention who are the REAL bad drivers. They are the dangerous ones. And I'm talking about those who block the left lane without realizing what they are doing. I'm talking about people on cell phones who can't keep their car in their lane. I'm talking about old people who don't notice things. Or just anyone who is distracted and their driving is suffering. You people who aren't paying attention are the reason I speed, my reasoning being that I want to get as far away from your idiotic driving as fast as I can. P.S. I know this has no bearing in Calgary this week due to the snow, but I just felt like giving people some discussion fodder without the heavy emotion that people usually bring to the driving threads. Let's try to keep this clean and not too personal, and also level headed... __________________ REDVAN!