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Originally Posted by lifer
ohhh the argument that I said wasn't a very good one the first time I posted it? Other than that the argument has been strictly a technical one where I have had trouble convincing peopel that a driver who is not on the road poses no danger to anybody. Does that logic trouble you?
Hell, I even said this: driving faster is relatively more dangerous than driving slower,
I was just pointing out that speed isn't the only variable here and anybody with deep thinking ability will see that. I have posted an article on reaction time (people were concered about the young asshats reaction time), and brought up variable such as age and type of car for people to consider. Nowhere did I say that driving faster was safer. Specifically I responded about hitting deer, and said the less time you spend on the road, the less deer you will see. That is simply true. I have also said the less time you spend driving the less chance you have of being hit by dangerous drivers, which is also true.
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Except I've shown in numverous posts that the points you make are in fact not true. I've shown that time on the road is not the only variable that you have to worry about when you're deciding if you're going to see more deer.
Yes, based on time you would have a 10% chance of a deer crossing your path.
But since deer on on the road for a finite period of time, and you are covering more ground in that time you're chance of encountering a hazard (say a deer) at any point on that road increases by the same ammount that you have decreased it due to your time on the road.
It all balances out, no matter how fast you drive, for the same stretch of road, your chances of encountering a hazard (such as a deer) are exactly the same.
An increase in speed, increases the chance that you'll encounter the spot where a hazard exists.
An increase in speed decreases the chance that a hazard will exist durring the time that you are on the road by the exact ammount that it is increased due to your speed.
I'm not sure how I can make that more clear!