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b_b · 4433 days ago · link · · parent · post: Ask Hubski: Have you ever been in a car accident when you are the driver?
I speed a lot on freeways, but almost never on residential streets. Things like that are all too common, and really what can you gain by going 10-20 mph faster for the limited distance on which you normally travel on residential roads? Probably not more than a few seconds. I don't think most people have done the calculation. Obviously, a few seconds of your time isn't worth killing a kid whose basketball inadvertently goes into the street. I wouldn't say that that accident was your fault, because at 25-30 mph you can react to almost anything in time.