[riazrizvi]

I‘m in the habit of speeding, I think it’s closely tied to the mental stresses you push yourself into, in sedentary, intellectual work. Thankfully I no longer own a car/motorcycle, and have other physical outlets now, to better balance it all out. I’m only here now myself at 55 through luck.

[piva00]

It's related to culture, a culture that normalises driving as a non-risky activity while also being very individualistic, a culture that requires you to drive from early age to have access to places, with minimal training and not very strict training requirements to be licenced.

A habit of speeding is created from a lack of consideration, it's an ignorant and dumb thing to do.

[switchbak]

No, I don’t think that’s it. Almost everyone one I associate with does similar kinds of work, and I don’t see that same willingness to expose them and others to undue risk like that.

[sublinear]

I agree those desires come from stress and that sedentary work can cause stress, but it's not the only or even primary stressor for many.

Working from home has forced me to be more deliberate with my free time and how I get away. I tend to choose exercise and am rarely in rush to where I'm going anymore.

[mac-attack]

Aren't a disproportionate amount of high schoolers road fatalities? I think it's due to emotional immaturity, nihilism or an inability to tackle problems directly.