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Originally Posted by BuckeyeROC
The ironic thing is, from what I've seen, exceeding the speed limit is rarely the cause of an accident. Someone driving under the speed limit has been found to be more of a hazard in the studies I've seen. Of course, distracted driving is a cancer. I've found more distracted drivers seem to drive a bit slower, thinking it's safer to do whatever besides watch the road as long as they drive slow.
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I thought it was pretty well established that while speed correlates poorly with accident likelihood, it is a pretty good predictor of accident severity. To put it simply, while speeding doesn't
cause crashes, it makes them worse.