Thirty-three percent of all fatal crashes and life altering situations in a vehicle are caused by speeding. Speeding puts many lives around you in danger. Each year thirteen thousand lives are lost due to speeding. When in a vehicle speeding leads to more risky behavior. Most drivers often do not wear seatbelts, this form of risky behavior encourages other dangerous consequences. Speeding is dangerous because every time you are on the road it will be different, and everything is never certain.You can never predict what is going to happen while you are driving. Speed limits are posted for the safety of the driver and the pedestrians. City limits are twenty-five miles per hour due to the streets being well populated. The faster you go, the less control you have over your car, a kid or a dog could walk out in the middle of the street and before you can even react to stepping on the brake pedal it is already potentially too late. When a vehicle is moving at faster speeds the distance for braking increases. Conditions are not always ideal. Speed limits are recommendations for weather conditions that are ideal for driving.
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Assume it is snowing, raining, congested roadway, or a construction zone. If you are going above the posted speed limit in any of these situations the results can be fatal and others lives are very well at stake just as much as your own. The effectiveness of braking distance increases in non-ideal conditions and the faster you are going safety belts and other safety devices slowly become less effective. Denial is a danger of speeding along with the rest. Many think they cannot get caught, or “it is just a few miles over, what is the harm?” In this case, many Americans on average go over the speed limit. This is still breaking the law and still serves a potential hazard to others because you refuse to go that two mile under to actually be traveling the posted speed limit. Another potential hazard is the faster you are traveling the harder you are likely to hit another car, a pedestrian, or an animal. If you are speeding and do get in an accident you have made the severity of injuries worse and the impact is likely to be much greater. Saving time is not worth speeding. The number one reason many Americans speed is because they believe they will save time, however the risks of a crash are increased and only very little time is saved. Street racing is another danger that is heavily influenced by speed. Speeding is never the right thing to do and can not even be an option if you would leave earlier. Many street racing scenarios put everyone involved and around the vehicles in a very hazardous situation. Exceeding the speed limit results in increased risk-taking behavior that leaves many danger factors increased and exposed to the potential and fatal consequences. One of the many danger in my opinion is a driver thinking they can speed safely. No person can speed safely, it does not matter what car you drive or how skilled you are. The risk factors of an accident occurring are the same for a well experienced driver going ten miles over and for a not so well experienced driver going ten miles over. Consequences of speed do not discriminate based on the skill you have or the
Assume it is snowing, raining, congested roadway, or a construction zone. If you are going above the posted speed limit in any of these situations the results can be fatal and others lives are very well at stake just as much as your own. The effectiveness of braking distance increases in non-ideal conditions and the faster you are going safety belts and other safety devices slowly become less effective. Denial is a danger of speeding along with the rest. Many think they cannot get caught, or “it is just a few miles over, what is the harm?” In this case, many Americans on average go over the speed limit. This is still breaking the law and still serves a potential hazard to others because you refuse to go that two mile under to actually be traveling the posted speed limit. Another potential hazard is the faster you are traveling the harder you are likely to hit another car, a pedestrian, or an animal. If you are speeding and do get in an accident you have made the severity of injuries worse and the impact is likely to be much greater. Saving time is not worth speeding. The number one reason many Americans speed is because they believe they will save time, however the risks of a crash are increased and only very little time is saved. Street racing is another danger that is heavily influenced by speed. Speeding is never the right thing to do and can not even be an option if you would leave earlier. Many street racing scenarios put everyone involved and around the vehicles in a very hazardous situation. Exceeding the speed limit results in increased risk-taking behavior that leaves many danger factors increased and exposed to the potential and fatal consequences. One of the many danger in my opinion is a driver thinking they can speed safely. No person can speed safely, it does not matter what car you drive or how skilled you are. The risk factors of an accident occurring are the same for a well experienced driver going ten miles over and for a not so well experienced driver going ten miles over. Consequences of speed do not discriminate based on the skill you have or the