Sadly, religious and ethnic wars take many lives each week. Other lives are lost by lost or downed airliners, ferry mishaps, mudslides, earthquakes and Ebola. However, each year 30,000 lives are lost on U.S. roads. Many are preventable, by doing the right thing, such as obeying speed limits, avoiding tailgating, hanging up the phones, using turn signals properly, keeping our vehicles in good order, and allowing for inclement weather. And, of course, avoiding intoxicants.
Hardly a day goes by without a Columbian report of a vehicle running into another vehicle, pole, person, fence or house. The reason often given is excess speed and a driver being under the influence.
It is senseless to try and save time crossing the city or county by exceeding speed limits or running red lights, which is even more senseless. Every day, I see cars racing from one red light to the next. It’s almost humorous to see the cars stacked up at red lights, then see them take off in a cloud of smoke, only to stack up at the next red. Simply checking the color of lights two or three blocks ahead can allow for speed adjustment in order to hit more greens.
Most speeding probably is because drivers know it’s between slim and none they will be cited.
