There will always be speeders, but you don't have to be one

CAPT. GARY BAINTER
WALLA WALLA UNION-BULLETIN


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Posted by pegbent at 11/09/10 10:28AM        Post ID#: #2217

Here is a big problem: "About 38 percent of drivers do not like being behind slower drivers, but this NHTSC study does not define what a slower driver is.

Judging by the "road rage" I see in my rear view mirror, I must be one of those "slow drivers." My problem is that I drive the speed limit, for multiple reasons. I don't want increased insurance costs because I get speeding tickets, I know what happens to humans in high speed head-on collisions as well as accidents caused by tail-gating, and I cannot justify breaking the law just to arrive somewhere two minutes earlier than the slow driver in front of me.

No doubt I inspire road rage by obeying the law. Why should I and other law-abiding and conscientious drivers be endangered by these rabid speeder who have no patience with people driving at the speed limit? We all have priorities and lives that we want to keep--please can't someone make these impatient people respect the rights of other drivers who want to stay within the law?

I am going to go ballistic the day I get stopped because I am speeding up in an effort to maintain a safe distance between me and a tail-gating speedster. And what other choice is there? If I could afford a cell phone I would call in every one of these crazies with a death wish, but I don't have one and feel like a helpless victim when I should be enjoying a pleasant drive.

That is so important that it licenses drivers to endanger others?

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