Does speed kill?
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Also there should be better training. At the moment people are taught to pass the test not to drive. Night and wet weather training should be mandatory
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I don't know if it's still the case, but when i took my test about 12 years ago or so, I didn't have to drive on the motorway or even a dual carrageway in my test, or even in my practice sessions. Amazing that you can learn to drive and pass your test but never get onto the motorway even once. Unless that's changed since?
Same thing as modern day education....but thats a different matter.
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Learners are not allowed on the motorway, dual carriageways are allowed though.
Passed my test earlier this year and to be honest, I wasn't phased about going onto a motorway for the first time. Just use common sense and you're fine.
Anyways, speed does kill, yes. But like others have said, it depends on the conditions.
The driving lessons started when you went out on the road by yourself. I remember my driving instructor telling me to go on a fast road as soon I passed.
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Speed never kills, bad driving kills
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lol yhack... I'm sure I don't know what you mean. 
Anyway, speed doesn't kill- it's the sudden loss of speed that kills...
Anyway, speed doesn't kill- it's the sudden loss of speed that kills...
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He does make some valid points but I don't think they are especially relevent in this country. We do not have highways with ridiculously low speed limits, or at least not to the extent that is portrayed in that video. 50kph on a highway is stupid.
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No, speed doesn't kill, its slowing down really quickly that kills you 
Seriously though, its pretty much common sense that the faster you or the people around you go, the more serious the injury would be if you bumped into each other
Seriously though, its pretty much common sense that the faster you or the people around you go, the more serious the injury would be if you bumped into each other
How about when a lorry hits a pedestrian at 60mph - is it the sudden loss of speed that causes them to disintegrate into a fine red mist?
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Only if you stop abruptly.
Guns don't kill people rappers do....
errr Speed don't kill people, people who drive 20mph on a motorway, those who can't see properly, those on mobiles phones, those eating their breakfast at the wheel, those distracted by screaming kids in the back, those trying to light a cig at the wheel, those that are just generally bad drivers do !
errr Speed don't kill people, people who drive 20mph on a motorway, those who can't see properly, those on mobiles phones, those eating their breakfast at the wheel, those distracted by screaming kids in the back, those trying to light a cig at the wheel, those that are just generally bad drivers do !
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How about when a lorry hits a pedestrian at 60mph - is it the sudden loss of speed that causes them to disintegrate into a fine red mist?
If you want to be pedantic about it, its a high g-force impact that kills.
No, No, No. Speed doesn't kill... It's the rate of deceleration and acceleration that kills you!
Motorways are fine, I never understood why people don't like them. As someone that doesn't drive much I find them far less worrisome than town driving where things come at you from every directon.
EDIT: Damn... Too slow...! (ironically!
)100%. I can never believe this isn't the case. Madness. Should include motorway driving as well. They are all very different.