D) driving over 30mph the speed limit highway or 20mph in residential will give the driver an additional 60 term in jail. If this their first offense they must attend alcohol /drug education and counseling program.…
When you are pulled over for speeding, how many miles you were going over the speed limit is a big factor. Speeding a significant amount over the speed limit can lead to a…
In the statistics I read, I found that in every category there was “speeding too fast”. Obviously that is a problem in Utah. In my experience with drivers, I have noticed that many people speed and don’t even realize that they are doing so. I think that speeding is a problem because so many people die from it. On the page it stated that “15.2%” of people die from speeding and that “14.7%” of teens die from speeding. I will admit that it is shocking that those percentages are so high. I didn’t expect that many deaths from just going to fast in a car. It has brought new light into my mind that people need to be more aware of how fast they go.…
In our society, cops would give tickets to speed drivers and slow drivers. In Fahrenheit 451 drivers get tickets for being too slow but being too fast is okay. A character from the book said, “I sometimes think drivers don’t know what grass is, or flowers, because they never see them slowly,” she said, “If you showed a driver a green blur, Oh yes! He’d say that’s grass! A pink blur! That’s a rose garden!...My uncle drove slowly on a highway once. He drove 45 miles an hour and they jailed him for two days.” (Part one, The Hearth and the Salamander, Page 9). Driving 45 miles an hour in our society is nothing compared to 90 or 100 miles an…
It gives people an idea road conditions around them. People slow down in areas of hazard and construction. Sometime the conditions are worst. There should be signs for your safety in that case. Police need to raise money for their expensive cars, but the money from speeding tickets goes to fixing the road.…
Violators can lose their license, time from their jobs, and lose money in high fines and court costs, as well as face imprisonment for repeat offense, assault and vehicular manslaughter.…
Speeding or going too fast for the road conditions, is a major factor in teen crash fatalities. Speeding increases the stopping distance required to avoid a collision even as it reduces the amount of time a driver needs to avoid a collision, called the 3-second rule. It also increases the likelihood that the crash will result in injury. Teens driving 40 mph in a 30 mph zone may think they’re only going 10 mph over the posted speed limit. But that small increase in speed translates to a 78 percent increase in collision energy that’s nearly double. 13,000 lives lost each year due to speeding. Crashes where speed is an issue cost society more than $40 billion annually. In the U.S.A. it costs society more than $76,000 for every minute you gain by speeding. Speeding is often one of several risky factors in fatal crashes, because alcohol-impaired drivers are more likely to speed, and speeding drivers are less likely to wear seat belts. Alcohol, lack of seat belts and speeding can add up to a deadly combination. Young males are the most likely to be involved in speeding-related crashes. According to 2007 NHTSA data, 39 percent of male drivers age 15-20 who were involved in fatal crashes were speeding at the time of the crash. People often think of highways as a major factor for speeding fatalities, perhaps because speeds are highest on highways. But the vast majority of speeding-related fatalities happen on roads that are not interstate highways. In 2006, 47 percent of speed-related fatalities occurred on roads posted at 50 mph or less, and more than 20 percent occurred on roads posted at 35 mph or less. Speed is involved in about one out of three fatal crashes. It is the third leading contributing factor to traffic crashes. Speeding at any level is dangerous. Around half of all speed-related fatalities happen at just 10 miles or less above the speed limit*. In addition to these tragic deaths, hundreds more people every year are injured in speed…
Speeding is against the law for a reason; it is extremely dangerous and almost always plays a part in vehicular accidents. It leads to death in numerous cases, and that can cause an enormous weight on someone's conscious. Most speeding is done on main highways where a person generally has chances to pass other vehicles. This is especially life threatening when someone is on a high traffic interstate and their rushing to get somewhere. People end up going too fast and not checking all their blind spots. These mistakes have lead to costly tickets that they end up not being able to afford, or even the death…
You can cause a car accident that can affect other drivers like you on the road.…
Believe it or not speeding is the third leading contributing factor in car accidents. On average, more than 33% of car accidents are caused from not following the proper speed limit. The consequences from getting in a…
It was a cool December evening. I was tired but excited to be going back to my hometown for the weekend. It was a long drive home and I wished time would go by faster. The clock on the dash beat methodically, as if it was in time with the rotation of the tires, round, and round.…
I will never ever speed again. Speeding cost way too much time and aggravation to continue speeding. This ticket has made me realize that all speeding does is put me and other people in danger and waste a lot of gas. And in these economic times wasting gas isn’t the best idea. I am unemployed and I’ve been trying to get a job to pay for this ticket so my parents wouldn’t have to. This is good because now I know that speeding is just wrong. I can drive 45 in a 45 and some one could be doing 60 and catch a red light and I’ll be there right next to him, sure he got there faster but I didn’t waste five dollars in gas just to catch a red light. Statistics show that if the speed limit is 65 and you go 75 it will get you to your destination 10 minutes faster but you also increase your risk of accident by 25%. Honestly I don’t want to risk an accident over 10 minutes of time. It’s pointless.…
I think a huge part of speeding by teenagers is the fact that many do…
Speeding is not just exceeding the maximum posted limit but consists of driving too fast for road conditions (Pulse, The Dangers of Speeding). Speeding is illegal and dangerous. According to The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration driving too fast is the second leading contributing factor in traffic crashes behind impaired driving (Association). Speeding is a triple threat 1. It increases the likelihood of crashing 2. It reduces the amount of available time to avoid a crash and 3. It increases the severity of the crash once it occurs.…
Speeding is against the law for obvious reasons; driving too fast is dangerous and very deadly, not just for you but for the people on the road at the same time as you. Speeding results in expensive speeding tickets and potentially points on your driver license. After a certain number of points your license will be suspended. While it is considered dangerous to speed on any road, it is particularly dangerous to speed through a school zone. Speeding through a school zone is more dangerous than anywhere else because of the chances of hitting a child on a walkway or crossing the street.…