I\’m sure glad they cleared this up.
They actually had to conduct a study to deduce that not watching the road, driving like a jerk, and traveling at a rate of speed excessively faster than the surrounding traffic leads to higher likelyhood of an accident.
Wooo these guys at AAA in Michigan are handy.
Now I\’m wondering, when they say \”triples the odds\” who\’s chances are they referring to?
I mean some people really drive bad anyway so their chances of bumping into stuff would be endemically higher than, say, a professional driver.
So does speeding automatically assume that you drive bad anyway? I\’d think driving while not actually looking where you are headed automatically qualifies as being a bad driver, that goes without saying. But speeding can be perpetrated by bad drivers as well as good.
So one could deduce that driving while looking at the floor has a higher likelyhood of accidents than speeding since the \”triple\” would be applied to the endemic rate of a bad driver looking at the floor opposed to an average or good driver who is just driving fast.
I wonder why there was no mention of other dangerous activities such as…
1. Being the third car through a red turn light/arrow- in front of oncoming traffic.
2. Driving excessively SLOWER than everyone else.
3. Turning without any sort of visible turn signal.
4. Merging into 65mph freeway traffic at 45mph and slowly accelerating to 65.
5. Cutting in between vehicles who are allowing proper following distance.
6. D.W.A. (Driving With Alzheimers).
7. Coming to a complete stop at an intersection that has no STOP sign or traffic signal.
It would appear that the AAA is only concerned about certain selected activities, and not all forms of dangerous driving.
I agree that speed alone does not make you a bad driver, as pointed out. Bad drivers and slow drivers may not actually be involved in an accident but still may cause it!
I believe the excessively slow drivers are far more dangerous than those slightly exceeding the speed limit.
You can list the state, location, make/color of vehicle and plate number of bad drivers, cute drivers, drivers with cars in hazardous condition or exceptionally good drivers.
Lots of speeders get flagged on Plate Wire and many of the comments are as entertaining as those found here. =)
ALL drivers driving sig below the speed limit cause accidents. Try driving the speed limit in Western, MA. About 1 in 5 cars in the right hand lane are driving way below the speed limit, I\’m talking anywhere between 40-55 in a 65, cars end up swerving around them because who expects someone to be going that slow for no reason. Don\’t get me started on the others who sit in the left hand lane going 60 with cars pilling up behind them. As the drivers get more and more annoyed they inch closer. If that is not a multi-death accident waiting to happen.
There\’s an insight, drivers operating within the law are more at fault than those operating a vehicle close but just outside the legal limits. That isn\’t truth, that\’s a need for justification.
I\’m sure glad they cleared this up.
They actually had to conduct a study to deduce that not watching the road, driving like a jerk, and traveling at a rate of speed excessively faster than the surrounding traffic leads to higher likelyhood of an accident.
Wooo these guys at AAA in Michigan are handy.
Now I\’m wondering, when they say \”triples the odds\” who\’s chances are they referring to?
I mean some people really drive bad anyway so their chances of bumping into stuff would be endemically higher than, say, a professional driver.
So does speeding automatically assume that you drive bad anyway? I\’d think driving while not actually looking where you are headed automatically qualifies as being a bad driver, that goes without saying. But speeding can be perpetrated by bad drivers as well as good.
So one could deduce that driving while looking at the floor has a higher likelyhood of accidents than speeding since the \”triple\” would be applied to the endemic rate of a bad driver looking at the floor opposed to an average or good driver who is just driving fast.
I should go work for AAA.
I wonder why there was no mention of other dangerous activities such as…
1. Being the third car through a red turn light/arrow- in front of oncoming traffic.
2. Driving excessively SLOWER than everyone else.
3. Turning without any sort of visible turn signal.
4. Merging into 65mph freeway traffic at 45mph and slowly accelerating to 65.
5. Cutting in between vehicles who are allowing proper following distance.
6. D.W.A. (Driving With Alzheimers).
7. Coming to a complete stop at an intersection that has no STOP sign or traffic signal.
It would appear that the AAA is only concerned about certain selected activities, and not all forms of dangerous driving.
Good drivers obey speed laws. ALL drivers driving more than the posted speed limit are bad drivers.
I agree that speed alone does not make you a bad driver, as pointed out. Bad drivers and slow drivers may not actually be involved in an accident but still may cause it!
I believe the excessively slow drivers are far more dangerous than those slightly exceeding the speed limit.
Just for fun, check out http://www.platewire.com.
You can list the state, location, make/color of vehicle and plate number of bad drivers, cute drivers, drivers with cars in hazardous condition or exceptionally good drivers.
Lots of speeders get flagged on Plate Wire and many of the comments are as entertaining as those found here. =)
ALL drivers driving sig below the speed limit cause accidents. Try driving the speed limit in Western, MA. About 1 in 5 cars in the right hand lane are driving way below the speed limit, I\’m talking anywhere between 40-55 in a 65, cars end up swerving around them because who expects someone to be going that slow for no reason. Don\’t get me started on the others who sit in the left hand lane going 60 with cars pilling up behind them. As the drivers get more and more annoyed they inch closer. If that is not a multi-death accident waiting to happen.
There\’s an insight, drivers operating within the law are more at fault than those operating a vehicle close but just outside the legal limits. That isn\’t truth, that\’s a need for justification.