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Fin · Jan 5th, 2007, 10:33 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by JG.26 (original)

Increasing speeds............don't make me larf............the speed limit is already too high for all the maniacs on our roads and besides speed kills.

I'm not sure if the awful coach crash on the M4 yesterday

was speed ralated but I always feel your surviveability is increased at lower speeds.

Sorry if it that sounds like a Road Safety campaign.

I'm more of the opinion that is the inappropriate use of speed that kills, rather than speed itself. Doing 100mph at 2am on an empty motorway, in good conditions with a modern, well maintained car to me is relatively safe. Travelling at 85mph in rain, on a busy motorway in the outside lane is more dangerous to me.

By all means introduce much tougher penalties for dangerous drivers or 'maniacs'.

With regard to the recent coach crash on the M4; from reading the reports it was a horrific incident. But if the reports are true, the driver was travelling too fast on a slip road. This illustrates the point that his bad driving ie inappropriate use of speed caused the tradgedy, and as I said if true, he should be punished accordingly.

Despite all our different views on this topic of motorway speed limits, I'm sure we all feel sympathy for those involved in the recent crash.

Jan 5th, 2007, 10:33 PM	#10
Fin Giggity-goo! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Dangling by a thread Local Time: 05:46 AM Posts: 2,640 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by JG.26 (original) Increasing speeds............don't make me larf............the speed limit is already too high for all the maniacs on our roads and besides speed kills. I'm not sure if the awful coach crash on the M4 yesterday was speed ralated but I always feel your surviveability is increased at lower speeds. Sorry if it that sounds like a Road Safety campaign. I'm more of the opinion that is the inappropriate use of speed that kills, rather than speed itself. Doing 100mph at 2am on an empty motorway, in good conditions with a modern, well maintained car to me is relatively safe. Travelling at 85mph in rain, on a busy motorway in the outside lane is more dangerous to me. By all means introduce much tougher penalties for dangerous drivers or 'maniacs'. With regard to the recent coach crash on the M4; from reading the reports it was a horrific incident. But if the reports are true, the driver was travelling too fast on a slip road. This illustrates the point that his bad driving ie inappropriate use of speed caused the tradgedy, and as I said if true, he should be punished accordingly. Despite all our different views on this topic of motorway speed limits, I'm sure we all feel sympathy for those involved in the recent crash.