I agree with you and offer my condolences on the loss of your friend and his family.
I think it would be very rare to find a driver who has not exceeded the posted speed limit at one time or another. I would like to think that those who are going a bit faster than I am, are doing so for a reason. I know that has been the case for me. Reasons for speeding can be as simple as needing to get to the bathroom, or as urgent as getting to an emergency room.
I have no way of knowing who is just speeding to speed or who is speeding out of necessity, so whenever possible, I get out of their way.
First, there are more fatalities on the road than air transportation. I wonder if this is so because the licensing, medical requirements, and renewal standards for flying are much more stringent than driving. Perhaps meeting a much tougher standard before being allowed to drive and to continue to drive would alleviate much of the tragedies we see on the road.
Second, I wonder if removing speedometers from cars would make a difference. Without the reference of the speedometer, I would think that folks would drive at their “comfort” speed rather than at a preconceived “this is the speed that I should be driving” speed, which may be higher than the drivers abilities.
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