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Originally Posted by Jagger
Under any scenario that has been mentioned here the speeder is the most dangerous person in that situation period. I've taken numerous defensive driving courses with relation to my job and speed really does kill. There are no excuses for it and, to be perfectly honest, some of the comments here are downright scary if not altogether unexpected given what I see out there.
Cube Inmate has made, without doubt, the most sensible comments I've read on this thread.
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I have finally figured out how to clearly articulate the point I was trying to make earlier. What you say in red is, in my opinion, wrong. What people who drive slowly think is that speed kills. Speed does not kill. Stupid drivers who push their cars and themselves TOO FAR with speed is what kills, not a guy who goes 20 or 30 over the limit on Deerfoot relatively safely.
I know it's semantics, but it is really quite important to make a distinction between safe and fast, because you can be both. To make my point, I ask you all to consider the following: slower is safer. Is that a true statement? To me, slow/fast and safe/unsafe are two independant variables. Think of a graph and you will understand what I mean. To this end, you may have the following possibilities:
safe and fast
safe and slow
unsafe and fast
unsafe and slow
My point in this whole thread is that most people do not consider the fact that slow drivers can be unsafe equally as fast drivers.