Arrest over A35 death crash (From Daily Echo)

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  southampton999 wrote:
  

  saint robbie wrote:
  Heard of the campaign 'kill your speed not a child'
  
  If someone is hit by a car at 40 mph they are 90% likely to be killed.
  If someone is hit by a car at 30 mph they are 50% likely to be killed.
  If someone is hit by a car at 20 mph they are 10% likely to be killed.
  
  What about southampton999s claim about 150kph on the autobahn, If you have a blow out traveling at this speed you are more likely to die than traveling at say 70mph where it may be more controlable. In this instance it would be the speed you were traveling at that killed you not the blow out.

  Hi Saint Robbie, I couldn't agree more with slowing down in built up areas. My pint is that 7% of accidents are attributable to speed, the other 93% are attributable to another factor, be it inatention or simple 'bad driving skills'. The whole problem with a lot of drivers is that they feel that they have a 'god given' right to a driving licence. When quite clearly they are not up to it. You will notice that on a motorway at 2 oclock in the afternoon say you will find that drivers drive faster more safely. This is because these drivers tend to be people who drive alot and like anything in life the more you do it the better you get. Compare this to a sunday when the 'sunday drivers' are out there are slower speeds but poor lane discipline, bad driving etc causes more accidents. And on the Autobahn (at least the 30% that is not restricted) 150kph is slow, thats on 90 mph. How many people have blow outs now?? Very few as the only reasons for a blow outs are under/over inflated tyres, badly worn tyres or damaged tyres and if you get into a car with any of these then you are a danger to yourself and others and that comes under 'bad driving'! I personally think that the limit in towns should be 20mph and 100 mph on the motorway with lower limits in the wet or bad visibility. That would cut road deaths.

  One contributer to accidents is not enough speed, when on main roads I often come accross people travelling at 30 to 35mph on a 60mph road, if safe I will over-take however I do frequently have these selfish idiots speed-up and put me in danger but because I am over-taking I am seen as the dangerous driver not them, I have often said and do travel at 20mph in built up areas but not trunk roads. My sympathies to those who knew this lady"
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