| > Speeding is extremely dangerous. It's ludicrous to argue otherwise. Actually, blanket arguments like "speeding is extremely dangerous" are ludicrous. "Speeding" is exceeding a semi-arbitrary speed threshold. If that threshold is, say, 70 mph I'm OK at 70 but if I go to 71 I am being "extremely dangerous"? 71 is speeding in that case, after all. > A third of crashes (including fatal crashes) involve speeding, If a third or more of all drivers speed, that statistic is meaningless. > the faster you are driving the more likely you are to die or fatally injure another. Indeed, and that statement has nothing to do with speeding. It is a continuum from 0 to whatever the top speed of a given vehicle is. This statement is equally valid when you are under the speed limit. > Also, changing the speed limits on roads have been studied and it doesn't make a humongous difference. The government usually sets the speed limit at slightly lower than the average speed people actually drive. I have seen that happen before, but in my experience that is the exception rather than the rule. |