nberry:

There is nothing more sobering than showing a soon to be adolescent driver photographs of injuries received as a result of high speed driving. They’ll learn that speed compromises all the safety features of a vehicle. More often than not the injuries will be permanent or fatal.

Tell your children who want cars they will start with a low powered car one which will discourage  racing and if after a couple of years without citations and no accidents you would consider a more powerful car. 

 

This is such an American thing. Speed doesn't kill, stupidity does.

Instead of actually teaching new drivers proper driving skills, they just side step the obvious problem and blame it blankly on speed. But then again the majority of the population can't drive so they have no where to start teaching better driving skills.

The Speed is much higher in Germany's highways yet the fatality and accident rates is a tiny fraction of American's highways. They also happens to have a much more stringent and strict driving test. 

Driving is NOT an entitlement, it's a privileged to be earned. What if 95% of the population failed the more stringent driving test? Well too bad, they just have to learn to be a better driver before earning their license. 

Do you think driving a low power car will prevent them from 'racing'? That's a pipe dream. It's a mentality thing and power of the car has no bearing on whether one decide to 'race' someone else. And to correct that mentality it again starts with better teaching. 

Safe driving starts with driver alertness. One can't be distracted. Look up, look far, look around. Pay attention to what other drivers around are doing, most accidents can be avoided if one pay attention and anticipate. 

Speed really have no bearing. On the autobahn when one is doing 250-300km/hr, the sightline will be pretty much 1/2 mile ahead. Anticipate if someone might pull out to pass. If one is paying attention, the speed would slowed enough to avoid accidents. Or properly check mirrors to see if there are fast approaching traffic before pulling out. German drivers are well trained before they even get their licenses, and they have the discipline to follow those rules. Americans drivers mostly have the me first mentality and they don't care and simply just pull out whenever they feel like, or expect everyone to give way while they are travelling. Hence why there are many more accidents even at a much lower speed on their highways. They also do not like to obey the keep right except passing rule. 

I guess since everyone can't drive in America, hence the rise of 'autonomous driving car' mail

 


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