This is a semantic question, but I want to get a feel for what you guys think.

  • ctkatz@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    driving the speed limit creates a driving hazard, so in that case safety trumps the law.

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      10 months ago

      This is likely the most asinine thing I hear on a regular basis. Speed limits exist for a reason. If driving the speed limit actually created a hazard, rather than simply creating an annoyance for someone who is willing to drive recklessly to shave a few seconds off their trip, you might have a point, but you don’t.

      The only circumstance where it creates a hazard is if everyone else around them is speeding, in which case, the people who are speeding are creating the hazard, not the person following the laws, you know, the ones that are there to enforce safety on the roads.