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Originally Posted by Simnut
Forget the fact that the Darwinian Pedestrian stepped in front of the car. That is not the point of the "story". The "moral" of the story is adding speed adds stopping distance....exponentially. So, perhaps slowing down may save lives???? Again...you missed it by "thaaaaat" much!  |
Perhaps the "moral" of the story should be "Don't tailgate, it takes longer to stop the faster you go"? But no, the idiots churning out this speed kills propaganda feel that drivers are complete morons and won't actually think about what is being written. All they want is the reader to think "oh yeh, good point, that poor person running in front of the car. I better slow down".
I wonder.. in the 14 days that the 630 speeding tickets were issued on the Malahat, why was there no mention of any tickets being issued for following too closely? Aggressive driving? Unsafe lane changes? Why pick solely on the speeders? Because it is easy, that's why!!!
I keep asking this but never get an answer - Do the police use the feature on the laser guns that calculates following distances to issue tickets for following too closely?