120mph Crash Test

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(2011-10-23 01:47)Malibu Wrote:  Did you get the 5% from actual statistics or did you just make that up?

And just because you drive with care doesn't mean others do, whether they do it on phrpose or just suck at driving. Not speeding can save lives, and if you can't acknowledge that then you're just ignorant. ;/

From actual statistics. The majority of crashes involve speeding vehicles but speed wasn't the factor of the accident.

Granted doing 120MPH is stupid unless you're on a very empty motorway which you know very well, but there's nothing wrong with doing 100 on wide motorways. The whole idea of good driving is assessing the road and understanding what other drivers may potentially do, thus avoiding crashes from the stupid things which they do.

Yes reducing speed will of course reduce road deaths, but you should target the source of the problem (general stupid and dangerous driving) rather then a factor.