Response to speeding

After reading Debbie Potters blog on her joy for speeding, I was left thoroughly amused. http://debsbeingbadblog.blogspot.com/ I agreed with most if not all the points made, 'loud music, sunny days' and driving fast gives me such as good feeling also. However, in correlation to speeding I feel its important to take into account the consequences of the behaviour.

According to the website http://www.safespeed.org.uk/why.html in 2003 in Britain 58% of car exceeded the 30mph speed limit. With on average nine people being killed and 85 injured each day on UK roads, according to http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Publictransport/TrafficManagement/DG_10025598

In correlation it could be true to say if more people stuck to the proposed speed limit, death rates may decrease.

Generally if speeding was not bad there would not be speeding limits, cameras or laws against it. Think campaigns have been put into place because so many people who die each year due to the behaviour. Speeding is a selfish, it puts both ourselves and so many other people at risk. Therefore this behaviour should be deemed bad.

In comparison to all said, according to http://www.safespeed.org.uk/why.html 95% of accidents occur within the speed limit therefore is speeding that bad as when driving at the speed limit it does not decrease accidents by high levels anyway.

Personally I believe in the current economic climate people seem to have less money, therefore if they did not speed they would burn less fuel, saving them money on petrol, therefore if it saves you money and more people live it gives all the more reason why speeding is bad and why people should not do it.