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Originally Posted by rkimball
No way does the now 25, 30 or 35 mph speed limits cause accidents in TV. It is the driver that makes a left turn into the right lane or the driver that fails to signal or the driver after 20 years in TV that still can't negotiate the 20 mph traffic circle or the driver that leaves Happy Hour a little to late or the driver that thinks the stop sign is for everyone else, and on and on and on.
The USDOT reports that speeding in itself is not a cause of accidents and the VDoT found that 2.9% were due to speeding -- dead last -- while 3.8%t were due to drivers falling asleep or falling ill at the tiller.
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/12/18/u...e-of-accidents
So what's all the all the hoopla about the new regs?
I for one have only found that the people that complaining about the fast golf carts are the one who bought theurs years ago when they would only go about ten mph. |
rkimball: You are spot on. Police involving accidents had always had a fall back called "speed too fast for conditions". This charge was their insurance in case the other accidednt factors failed