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Speeding is just as bad as hanging out the rear and drifting. Even if you drive the best stopping vehicle in the world your reaction time still takes time and in that .2 seconds you travel much further going 75 than 55.
55mph = 16 ft in .2 seconds.
75mph = 22 ft in .2 seconds.
And that only takes into reaction time. Another 6ft is easily the difference between a miss and an accident. Add another 10 ft or so for the actual breaking distance and you are looking at a near miss vs. a serious accident. Add in a cell phone that will slow your reaction time further and the time increases dramatically.
As for the poster who flies helicopters i first off would like to say thank you for your service. But flying a helicopter in a combat situation is completely different than driving on a highway and talking to your wife. You screw up in the air, you die. You screw up on the road and you could kill me. Hang up the phone.
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