Driver freed from car after accident in College Green, Bristol

“We're talking about speeding motorists here, not cyclists..

Just because you once saw a cyclist jumping a red light, does not excuse motorists speeding.”

“@Brandon_Hill wrote, "Drivers, who prefer higher speeds, also consider higher speeds to be safe.""


Conversely: Cyclists who prefer lower speeds, also consider lower speeds to be safe.

Neither are necessarily right!”

“hmmmmm.... telling:
"Drivers, who prefer higher speeds, also consider higher speeds to be safe."”

“A very brief search, led me to some well researched material about motorists, or referred to as "car drivers" when breaking the rules:

http://tinyurl.com/csh3q4d

* Most drivers openly admit that they more or less regularly exceed the speed limit. They provide the following reasons for these intentional speed limit violations [19] (They adapted their speed to that of the general traffic stream
They were in a hurry
They generally enjoy driving fast
They were bored

The arguments are both rational and emotional. Enjoying driving fast is a very common argument. According to the SARTRE 3 survey almost 10% of the European drivers agreed that they very much enjoy driving fast.

Another reason for exceeding the speed limit is that the driver is unaware of the speed limit. It may be assumed that this is an unintentional violation. Either a speed limit sign was absent or the driver missed it; in both cases the road characteristics are insufficiently informative about the speed limit in force.
*”

“Can you provide evidence/proof that most motorists observe the speed limit at ALL times?”

“Brandon_Hill. Please provide proof of your assertion that "MOST motorists speed".”

“or just "red-arrow" when they know they're wrong!”

“Exactly Potato Man.. Some people on here would tell you that black is white just to disagree.”

“"A huge majority of motorists neither speed nor have accidents"

Or, in reality, a huge majority of motorists speed, but most do not have accidents.”

“My sources also tell me that allegedly the Teletubbies are high up on the list of suspects for cause of this accident. If seen, please do not approach.”