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Originally Posted by lifer
Ok, well, what if the same 2 drivers meet each other at point A. They each have to drive another 20 kms. The fast driver is off the road a couple minutes before the slow driver is, so he is exposed to the potential danger of deer on the road for a shorter amount of time, now who's safer? On a 10 minute drive, if you increase your speed by 10% you spend 10% less time at the mercy of the other "asshats" on the road. This is a bad argument, but so is the one posted above.
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Your argument isn't in the same class as BBS's. Yours is in the same class as saying that you're safer flying if you always bring a bomb in your luggage. After all, the chances of there being TWO bombs on board the plane are almost non-existent~!
Edit: "In the same class as..." meaning
fallacious.