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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
Absolutely correct!!!!!
The number 1 cause of accidents on interstates and other high-speed roads is SLOW DRIVING. Now, these bozos don't often get directly involved in the accident they caused, but they create it by forcing other drivers to go around what is essentially a road obstruction and artificially creating a 2:1 or 3:2 merge where there should be none.
Now, inevitably, someone will follow with a post of: "be patient" or "what's the hurry, we're retired" But who in their right mind (other than a like-minded idiot) would stay behind someone going 50 in a 70 zone?
As far as the cart drivers go----I agree----amazing how many that want to lead a parade down a MMP at 14 mph speed up to over 20 when getting passed.
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Actually according to the National Safety Council, vehicles that are speeding cause the most fatalities, at a rate of well over two to one over the second-place cause, Careless driving. Other causes, in order, are:
Failure to yield right-of-way;
Improper lane usage;
Erratic, reckless or negligent driving;
Failure to obey traffic signs, devices or officers;
Overcorrecting;
Going the wrong way in one-way traffic;
Improper or erratic lane change;
Following improperly;
Aggressive driving/road rage;
Improper turn;
Passing with insufficient distance or visibility; and
Stopping in roadway.
It is amazing just how many people believe that speeding is not the Number One cause of traffic fatalities. But it stands to reason. You can break the laws of traffic. You CANNOT break the laws of physics.
Speed kills.