Speed limits
The speed limit on the straight desolate paved road that goes past our place is 80 km/hr. The people who use the road drive whatever speed they please and for the most part it works fine ….. until you...
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spoon059 wrote:toedtoes wrote:
As such, the report shows that no one stated "he was driving too slow" as the cause of the accident. Yet many many people stated they were distracted, speeding, tailgating, or had fallen asleep, etc. and that's why they hit the other car.
What if the at-fault driver was tailgating because the other driver was "driving too slow"?
Again, the cause is tailgating. Had that person left more room between cars, there wouldn't have been a collision. People drive at different speeds - it's not for one person to "punish" others by tailgating them until they move out of the way. If traffic is so congested that you can not safely go around the slow driver, then you need to slow down accordingly. If traffic is such that you can safely go around the slow driver then you should do so. There is no legitimate reason for tailgating.
Keeping a safe distance from the car in front of you is Driving 101.
