Perdue proposes higher fines for 'Super Speeders'

[ahmonrah]

trauma-causing behavior

^that can be characterized as everytime i get on the road..

pretty much !! i can agree to that one!

[Jaimecbr900]

Purdue has been doing good, until this.

If I'm going 90 in the hammer lane and I don't have slow asses in my way, how do I cause an accident? I never really have to move, except to slow down for slower traffic, right?

Now compare that to how many lane changes you have to make to get around slow asses that are running at or below the flow of traffic, yet are hell bent on staying in the left lanes. It causes faster traffic to have to weave in and out to get around them, right?

Which of those two scenarios are more likely to cause an accident? One where you are staying in 1-2 lanes ALL THE TIME or one where you have weave in and out of traffic across all 6 lanes???

Folks, the problem is not just plain ole speed. It's crappy drivers that need not be on the road at all. Left lane is for passing and faster traffic. It's in every damn driving book from the age of 12. Turn signals are a good idea. Slower traffic keep right is a good idea. Proper lane change techniques are a good idea. There are far better ideas to avoid and reduce accidents than merely saying "slow down to a crawl" as the answer. It's not. Never has been. Never will be.

The reason why Germany has an autobahn and doesn't have as many highway fatalities on it as WE do in our freeways is because over there drivers ABIDE by the general rule of slower traffic keep right. If you're going 100 mph and you're the only one in the lane, what's the problem? If you're going 100 mph in the middle of 100 cars, there's the problem.

I think Purdue should concentrate on taking away licenses from people that have no business having one in the first place, i.e. older people that can't hardly see, teenagers that think they're last name is Andretti, people that love to talk on the cell phone while driving, drunk drivers, etc. THOSE are the people causing big fatality accidents.