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Mechanical and Design engineers come in all ages. You might be surprised.
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"Driving too fast for conditions" is the catch-all phrase used by traffic "experts" (insurance company stooges) to spread the blame in an accident. The driver was going "too fast for conditions" even though he was doing 25 mph under the posted speed limit. He should have allowed for the fact that someone might ignore a red light and violate his right of way, so he was driving "too fast for conditions".NHTSB: An Analysis of Speeding-Related Crashes Definitions and the Effects of Road Environments 2009
Exceeding Posted Speed Limits and Driving To Fast For Conditions
US DOT HS 809 839 June 2005 Technical Report Analysis of Speeding-Related Fatal Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes
US DOT Summary Report: Development of a Speeding-Related Crash Typology
I post all the above because I just can't find any study done by DOT, or NHTSB or any of the other traffic safey or transportation groups that actually says going the speed limit when other people are speeding is more dangerous than speeding. I hear people say it all the time. I'd just like anyone to please show me where a real study says that.
Personally I think if you can hear it before you see it, it isn't going fast enough.Before the virus thing I was going into town about once a week. Occasionally, I'd see some exotic car like a Lamborghini making noise and going pretty fast. You could actually hear those before you saw them; the loud exhaust noise feature is a "look at me, see what I've got" device.