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Originally Posted by balthazar
No, I got your point, it's just faulty logic. The one reasonable nugget, that driving faster is more dangerous isn't that plainly obvious as for instance there is very little difference in risk in this car between 60 and 70. And as for doubling the speed limit, again, nobody is arguing it's not stupid. The point wasn't that he caught a bad break and usually it's perfectly safe. The point was he was an adult, perfectly capable of making his own decisions, as was his passenger.
And he made a bad one.
Suggesting we prevent people from making bad decisions is something that only people who cannot take care of themselves will be OK with.
Let it inspire you to be a smarter/better driver. It's sad as hell that he died, but use this as a cautionary tale. Maybe something can be gained from an otherwise outright loss.
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I get tired of the government controlling nearly every aspect of our daily lives just like everyone else but your logic is skewed.
You are correct that he was an adult, perfectly capable of making his own decision, as well as his passenger but what about the family of, say four, that was on the other side of that crest and they are all dead now. So now you have others that made the decision to obey the law but are gone because the idiot doing 140 on a public road "was perfectly capable of making his own decision" to kill himself and innocent people. What if that family happened to be yours that he killed???? You would be the first to file a lawsuit for millions on the basis that he was traveling too fast. Think about it!!!