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http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/ca...277/story.html

Calgary Herald
A Calgary man is facing charges after two vehicles were caught racing down Highway 2 at 214 km/h just south of Red Deer on Sunday.
Innisfail RCMP officers were on the lookout for dangerous drivers when they spotted two vehicles racing southbound at speeds exceeding 180 km/h shortly after midnight.
“It appears they were in a race, showing no regard for the safety of other drivers,” said Const. Steve Molnar, in a news release.
An Alberta sheriff positioned further south down the busy highway later clocked the pair travelling at 214 km/h, he said.
The two vehicles were found a few kilometres south of Innisfail, still racing, police said. One of them stopped after police turned on their emergency lights and sirens.
“Fortunately, no one was hurt during this incident,” Molnar said. “It could have ended tragically for anyone in or around those vehicles.”
A 21-year-old Calgary man is facing criminal dangerous driving charges and is due in court next month. His name has not been released. The vehicle was also seized by police.
Officers continue to search for the second vehicle involved.

http://blogs.calgaryherald.com/2012/...dly-addiction/

In a four-year study of collision data from 2004-2008 prepared by Alberta Transportation, police reported drivers were travelling at an unsafe speed in just under 30 per cent of fatal collisions. It’s important to note that statistic isn’t limited to extreme speed: it refers to any collision when the motorist was deemed to be driving too fast for the conditions — whether it was 50 km/h over the limit on a clear day, or 10 km/h under the limit during a raging snowstorm.
In 2010, the last year with complete provincial statistics, Alberta Transportation recorded 344 deaths in 307 collisions. If 2010 was like previous years (and there’s no reason to think it wasn’t), that works out to approximately 100 collisions involving speeding. Using the rate above (344 killed in 307 crashes=1.1 fatalities per collision), those speed-related collisions killed roughly 110 people.
During the same year, authorities recorded 86 fatal collisions involving alcohol. The report doesn’t specify the number of people killed in those collisions, but assuming 1.1 fatalities per crash, the number of people killed in collisions involving alcohol was likely somewhere around 94.

Sliver, I agree vehicles are better, but are people's reflexes?