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Originally Posted by willravel
"Speeding is not an inherently dangerous activity!"
Does anyone want proof of this? Go to Germany. Enjoy the Autobahn. After paying out of my nose for a license, I was able to rent a BMW and drive it. I still to this day never pass on the right. Ever. I did see a few Porsches and Mercs pass me at brake-neck speeds. BTW, Germany has the safest highway system in the world.
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There is a huge difference between speeding on a freeway and speeding in a downtown area (somewhere with traffic lights). I was nearly hit last night by someone speeding through a traffic light. If that light changes faster than you can brake, or if someone pulls out of a blind interesection or driveway, you can have a really shitty day from that point on.
Thats not to say speeding on the freeway is safe either. If you are going much faster than the flow of traffic and for some reason someone pulls into your lane, it's going to be that much harder to stop in time and not cause an accident or multiple accidents.