NHTSA estimates that the annual economic cost to society of speeding-related crashes is $40.4 billion. In 2012, speeding was a contributing factor in 30 percent of all fatal crashes, and 10,219 lives were lost in speeding related crashes (National 1). As someone speeds or goes below the speed limit, this will increase the likelihood of fatal accidents. As drivers speed up and slow down during the course of driving, they are less likely to have an accident if all the vehicles are moving at the same speed. Driving at the same speed makes the road safer, because movement of vehicles is more …show more content…
If we put our lives in the hands of others as they drove distracted while being a passenger. We wouldn’t want a firefighter to pull you from the flaming inferno while texting his wife. Driving a motor vehicle takes full concentration to what is happening all around you from twenty-five meters to two hundred meters. When we sit down behind the wheel of a motor vehicle and assume responsibility for all our actions. Driving has now become the only job we have to do until we have reached our destination