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Unread 05-14-2012, 11:56 PM
 
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Speed does kill. Faster speeds limit reaction time, therefore increasing your chances of having an accident. Furthermore, faster speeds result in accidents with greater change in momentum, hence greater damage.

If the traffic is flowing at 100MPH, something very bad is going on. If all cars on a highway were going that fast, the situation would be extremely dangerous, and small mistakes would lead to frequent fatal accidents.

Thankfully, I don't think there are any roads in America that have any traffic whatsoever where the average speed is 100MPH.
You are right. That doesn't happen anywhere in the US and I've driven in all 50 states. Only CO and part of Texas has a limit of 80 mph, the rest are lower.
Speed limits in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Don't you just love how people on C-D just make up stuff? lol
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Unread 05-15-2012, 12:35 PM
 
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Don't you just love how people on C-D just make up stuff?
That only happens 68% of the time.
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