Risk of death/serious injury increases exponentially with speed, so yeah, it actually does matter.
Car disintegrates-100 Mph wreck against bridge post
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Risk of death/serious injury increases exponentially with speed, so yeah, it actually does matter.
Sounds perfectly reasonable, if you're a sociopath.
Rii
Rear Admiral
Once you're over 50 miles per hour risk evens out. Any full impact after 50mph is 95% fatal.
The risk only increases until the car reaches a speed when any kind of impact is going to be catastrophic. That happens long before 100 mph.
100 mph is pretty meaningful when the rest of the traffic on the road is moving at 70.
You can also make a distinction between the risk of death related to speed and the risk of an accident related to speed. They aren't the same, though I realize I was probably conflating them before.
GET OFF MY LAWN!!
Sometimes the traffic flow requires dangerously high speeds. When I lived in Chicago, there were several occasions on which I was driving at over 90 mph, but was passed - often rather quickly - by every other car on the road (which was fairly crowded). I might have been perilously slow compared to the other traffic, but I couldn't bring myself to drive at 100 mph.
Considering the guy dove off the road into the median at 100 mph I'm thinking he wasn't going with the flow of traffic.
Just a guess.
We know the serious shit happens at 88 MPH.
When I drive I-80 through Pennsylvania traffic is usually moving at around 90mph. I once had a cop in an unmarked car come up behind me and flash his lights. I thought he was trying to pull me over, so I got over--and he flew right past me. I wasn't going fast enough for him, and I was doing around 90 to begin with.
Rett Mikhal
Captain
Clearly he took the "always pass on the left" rule too seriously.
Also, he shut down the freeway for six hours!? Call me cold if you must, but that fucker should have died.
Also, he shut down the freeway for six hours!? Call me cold if you must, but that fucker should have died.
The magic happens at 88. Everyone knows that.
Fucking police. They do that here even when nobody's hurt. There was a four-car shunt just along from our house last week and you'd think there were at least a dozen fatalities from the number of blue flashers that were littering the road, causing more blockage than the actual accident. Oh that brings me to my favourite peeve (before culty turns up and starts staunchly defending traffic police procedure). When you have a bump GET YOUR CAR OFF THE ROAD. DON'T STAND AROUND ARGUING THE TOSS WHILE RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC GETS BOTTLENECKED BOTH WAYS.
and ... [takes swig of wine] rest.
Agreed, but first take some pictures (with your cell, or an actual camera if you have one). It's always best to document these things quickly and completely to avoid potentially nasty legal problems.
For that matter, you may wish to consider taking a video of events (if possible) if you get pulled over for any reason, particularly if you are asked to do anything like a field sobriety test which is based on the officer's judgement. Never know when you're going to wish you had.
