Speed may not be a major cause of accidents, but it sure as heck makes
what might be a close shave or a minor bump into something much much
worse.

Absolutely.

And your evidence is...

16 years of driving. The drivers I have most problems with are not those
who obey traffic rules, it is those who don't, and in my personal
experience, someone who passes me at 20mph over the speed limit is quite
likely to get in the wrong lane at the next roundabout and exit the
darned thing without signalling (just an example, but you get the idea).

I've been driving far longer than sixteen years but my experience has been
exactly the same.

Anyone can drive fast. It takes a responsible person to drive safely.

Mary
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