[Tom]

Originally Posted by Omah

Of course you do ..... everybody thinks they are, but not everybody is - 90% of mororway accidents involve driver error .....

Big Pile up on Motorway :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7cyQAE-L9A

Not everyone thinks they can drive well. I've never had an accident in 5 years when I use the motorway more or less every day and have driven abroad too, including Spain which is notorious for bad drivers

You can post all the statistics and youtube clips you want, but you seem to be overlooking the main statistic for road safety. Motorways are statistically the safest roads. That pile up is pretty obviously caused by the rain and if you're doing to drive at full speed or over the limit in the rain on a busy motorway then you're a complete idiot

[Omah]

Originally Posted by Tom

Not everyone thinks they can drive well. I've never had an accident in 5 years when I use the motorway more or less every day

You may be tempting fate .....

Originally Posted by Tom

You can post all the statistics and youtube clips you want, but you seem to be overlooking the main statistic for road safety. Motorways are statistically the safest roads. That pile up is pretty obviously caused by the rain and if you're doing to drive at full speed or over the limit in the rain on a busy motorway then you're a complete idiot

You seem to be overlooking the point that fewer accidents happen per mile on motorways, but when they happen, usually through driver error (including over-confidence and speeding), the result is carnage and frequently death - you could easily be doing your good, safe driving at 90mph when somebody else doing 120mph clips and spins you into the following traffic - at that speed you would be seriously injured, if not killed, and so would many other good, safe drivers - the video is a classic example illustrating how the innocent become victims and the guilty escape unscathed - even if you avoid injury in such a crash, unravelling the dozens of insurance claims (including unqualified and uninsured drivers) would take months .....

[Tom]

Originally Posted by Omah

You seem to be overlooking the point that fewer accidents happen per mile on motorways, but when they happen, usually through driver error (including over-confidence and speeding), the result is carnage and frequently death - you could easily be doing your good, safe driving at 90mph when somebody else doing 120mph clips and spins you into the following traffic - at that speed you would be seriously injured, if not killed, and so would many other good, safe drivers - the video is a classic example illustrating how the innocent become victims and the guilty escape unscathed - even if you avoid injury in such a crash, unravelling the dozens of insurance claims (including unqualified and uninsured drivers) would take months .....

But driver error is a fault for most accidents. You could be in a stationary car or doing 70mph and get hit at 120mph which could still have the same effect you mention. And if I saw someone coming up behind me at 120mph and I was going slower, I'd definitely move out the way to begin with. I check my mirrors all the time.

Besides, doing 80mph isn't significantly over the 70mph limit and thats the speed limit proposal. Doing 120mph is downright taking the piss and doing almost double the speed limit. Its completely different. If you use your common sense and keep aware of whats going on around you when you're driving at high speeds (within reason) then you'll be fine.

[Omah]

Originally Posted by Tom

But driver error is a fault for most accidents. You could be in a stationary car or doing 70mph and get hit at 120mph which could still have the same effect you mention. And if I saw someone coming up behind me at 120mph and I was going slower, I'd definitely move out the way to begin with. I check my mirrors all the time.

Besides, doing 80mph isn't significantly over the 70mph limit and thats the speed limit proposal. Doing 120mph is downright taking the piss and doing almost double the speed limit. Its completely different. If you use your common sense and keep aware of whats going on around you when you're driving at high speeds (within reason) then you'll be fine.

If you say so .....

Let me know what you think when you've driven for another 5 years .....