[mewzilla]

From the NHTSA stats I've seen, survbivability is directly affected by speed. IOW, the slower the vehicle's going, the better your chances for surviving the accident. And if you're somewhere that's not near a good trauma center when you have you're crash, maybe going that ten miles over the speed limit wasn't such a great idea.

I will admit to some bias here. We had a family member killed in an MVA when she was hit by someone exceeding the speed limit. It's left me with an interest in accident safety issues.

[Reeses]

the slower the vehicle's going, the better your chances for surviving the accident.

Going slower doesn't usually help avoiding getting into the accident in the first place though.