speed kills

[Alexsered]

Our mazdaspeed cars are quick, I believe that most people on here are responsible but here is a video everyone should watch, it's about paying attention.

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/Pay-attention_207993.htm

[mazdaspeedster3]

Geesh, depressing!

[MazdaSpeeder]

Reminds me of the videos I watched in my most recent traffic school class. Not so much the speeding as the not paying attention that kills...

[mx-p5]

I think EVERYONE should go through the motorcycle saftey classes

Riding a bike or not, it teaches you to be SUPER aware!

[Alexsered]

I think EVERYONE should go through the motorcycle saftey classes

Riding a bike or not, it teaches you to be SUPER aware!

yeah, I learned alot in that course, but it didn't protect me from getting cut off by a couple of teens not paying attention. RIP Yamaha R6

[mx-p5]

True, no amount of preparedness will fix other idiot drivers, but, you are A LOT more atune to seeing it before it happens

I can call out people that i can tell are about to risk it and cut out while in my car, and Callie just laughes, cause, 9 times outa 10 i call it right.

But, all joking aside, if people are going to drive, they need to do that. Not text, not read a book(yes, i've seen it before-someone on the interstate reading the paper), putting on makeup, etc.

I think they should get ticketed for any of those, more than speeding.

[phillyb]

here is the true test to see if you are paying attention

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47LCLoidJh4

[mx-p5]

I passed. I saw that mid count and was like, "WTF? " lol

[opt_ms3]

I saw some dude BRUSHING HIS TEETH while driving. Man there are some real idiots out there.

[mx-p5]

Mr. Bean?

[tiagotiago]

Christ! I got chills while watching the first vids.

The last one is a bit funny tough.

[BSTD3]

Christ! I got chills while watching the first vids.

The last one is a bit funny tough.

Ditto!

[b-ron]

i was all happy i got it write then the said di u see the bear lol

[phillyb]

fuck no, i didn't see the goddamned bear. i was counting passes. WTF

[BluMicaR]

You know if that kid wasn't TXTING he would have LOOKED BOTH WAYS BEFORE CROSSING THE STREET. Pfft: teen TXT FAIL.

C'mon, somebody had to say it...

Darn kids...

[stockms3]

i hate how they say speeding doesnt make u big............

I speed from time to time in a safe place, and I dont do it with people in the car, I prefer to be alone, that way no one distracts me. I know my limits, drivers are not the problem it's the government that's giving them the license. I mean getting a license IN US is so easy compared to other countries.

On the hand very sad video, I hope that everyone who passed away in such a tragic way will rest in peace.

[Cataphract_40]

The soundtrack was annoying, I've always hated that song

[iredremix]

damn.. crazy video.. nice post

[dkswim]

i found after getting my motercycle / motercycle safety course. i see and read people a lot better and also how to make myself more visable to others.

[Alexsered]

I think motorcycle driving is what taught me the most about reading people, and looking way way ahead, when riding a motorcycle, you have to know every single thing that is around you. So now when I drive through traffic, I feel so much more aware. Motorcycle safety FTW!

Plus, anybody else get pissed off at people that tailgate motorcyclists? I make sure I get in front of them and give the person on the motorcycle more room. What jackasses out there.

[red95_240sx]

I laughed tears at the moon walkin bear

[AWDthis]

Speed does not kill, not being prepared kills, not maintaining your car kills, other people kills.

You can very well die from a 30 mph crash, and dont think just because your obeying with the speeding rules posted one million years ago and never changed WITH technology does not mean you cannot crash, miss something, or something go wrong with your car.

Having said that, yes its harder to avoid a collision with a dumbass if your going faster (obviously car takes longer to stop, less maneuverable etc etc)
but I think of myself as a WAY better driver when im driving spirited because I pay soo much more attention.

According to this videos we should all go hide in our bathrooms and never come out...oh wait a plane, asteroid or insert your big moving object here, can crash into your house and kill you. :)

[Alexsered]

Speed does not kill, not being prepared kills, not maintaining your car kills, other people kills.

You can very well die from a 30 mph crash, and dont think just because your obeying with the speeding rules posted one million years ago and never changed WITH technology does not mean you cannot crash, miss something, or something go wrong with your car.

Having said that, yes its harder to avoid a collision with a dumbass if your going faster (obviously car takes longer to stop, less maneuverable etc etc)
but I think of myself as a WAY better driver when im driving spirited because I pay soo much more attention.

According to this videos we should all go hide in our bathrooms and never come out...oh wait a plane, asteroid or insert your big moving object here, can crash into your house and kill you. :)

I think you almost said the same thing that the dude from the M5board forums said. But than he went out and crashed while driving "spiritedly" and killed the 4 other people in his car. The m5 handles and drives much better than our car, so just be careful is what I'm saying, that's all.

[red95_240sx]

Speed does not kill, not being prepared kills, not maintaining your car kills, other people kills.

You can very well die from a 30 mph crash, and dont think just because your obeying with the speeding rules posted one million years ago and never changed WITH technology does not mean you cannot crash, miss something, or something go wrong with your car.

Having said that, yes its harder to avoid a collision with a dumbass if your going faster (obviously car takes longer to stop, less maneuverable etc etc)but I think of myself as a WAY better driver when im driving spirited because I pay soo much more attention.

According to this videos we should all go hide in our bathrooms and never come out...oh wait a plane, asteroid or insert your big moving object here, can crash into your house and kill you. :)

That is all...

[AWDthis]

I think you almost said the same thing that the dude from the M5board forums said. But than he went out and crashed while driving "spiritedly" and killed the 4 other people in his car. The m5 handles and drives much better than our car, so just be careful is what I'm saying, that's all.

Thats ironic, but when you crash and burn because your speeding is not necessarily because your speeding, its because your a bad driver. Granted you can be the best driver in the world and blow a tire while driving...i dont believe in luck but call it what you wanna call it, its not your day hehe, Just dont be afraid of living your life thats all im saying, now live smartly and to your limits (humpleg)

[red95_240sx]

gosh ur sentences are so contradicting(confused)

[lil_red_wagon]

one of the major things about speeding that it causes you to have tunnel vision the faster you go. that isn't driver specific, it is just science.

bottom line, the faster you go; the longer it takes to stop, the more tunneled your vision gets, and the more of a threat you pose to all of the cars around you.

[lil_red_wagon]

Just dont be afraid of living your life thats all im saying, now live smartly and to your limits (humpleg)

i have been waiting for the rainbow to pop up with "the more you know" written across the screen.

[Trader]

I am a very fast driver too. Had my licsense for 20 years now and never got into a accident that I have caused. I am a fast but defensive driver. I always try to anticipate every cars actions at all times. Keep two hands on the wheel at pretty much all times and leave enough room in front. I do not drive fast in the rain or snow, in fact I am probably slower than most other drivers in those conditions.

I think some of the slower drivers are a more hazard on the road. They seem more irratic and not aware of what is around them.

[MSP2024]

crazy vid, i like to haul ass from time to time(but i am always the fastest to get to the speed limit haha) but only when the roads are pretty much clear off trafic and all that, its not that i dont trust myself its i dont trust others on the roads at all

[turbo23]

Everyday I get more and more pissed about todays drivers in America. What sends me ever more into a level of anger, is adults saying that our new young drivers need more training, when its the adults who are the ones who have the bad driving habits. We really need to start a new system, very much along the lines of the germans. Im tired of americans being "always right" ARGH!!!!

[stockms3]

Everyday I get more and more pissed about todays drivers in America. What sends me ever more into a level of anger, is adults saying that our new young drivers need more training, when its the adults who are the ones who have the bad driving habits. We really need to start a new system, very much along the lines of the germans. Im tired of americans being "always right" ARGH!!!!

um when I was 16 it was so easy to get the license that I didnt even know what the fuck half of the signs meant lol................

I drove my car with the guy that was testing me for um 4 minutes lol.........

Now what the fuck do you expect me to do with 300horses.........Im happy I didnt crash or kill anyone after all this stupid shit I did from age of 16 to 18.....

It's mostly young people that dont have imagination man, they dont know how car is going to react to a sharp turn, or when a tire blows.

But at the same time there's alot of people out there who shouldnt be driving with out couple months of training.

Car is like a gun....in wrong hands its going to do alot of damage, and destroy many families.

[stockms3]

Also I would like to add that I remember my mom getting ready for written test back in Poland (its next to Germany if you didnt know) IT WAS "300" fkin questions, I remember 40 here in US lol.

[dkswim]

i think the people that drive slow are dangerous as well

[Circle9]

I always up my alert level whenever I get behind someone going slow, I find these types people the most dangerous. They tend to slam on their brakes for no reason at all, or with no warning at all, make a sudden turn.

I don't think parents should just give cars to their kids, especially sports cars. Make kids earn money to pay for the car themselves, they will value it better.

[paylew]

Also I would like to add that I remember my mom getting ready for written test back in Poland (its next to Germany if you didnt know) IT WAS "300" fkin questions, I remember 40 here in US lol.

mine was 25 questions, what's sad is I had never even picked up the book and passed with a 90%. With that being said, I'm lucky I never got into an accident when I first got my license. I never went extremely fast, I'm not going to lie 100+ on streets scares the poop outta me... I was a weaver though, until I got a ticket and that pretty much stopped. I'm a lot more cautious now, especially behind elderly/slow drivers because they bake too much and too hard. What really irritates me is the ricers in there POS civics and crap that are like "ZOMMMGGG ITS A SPEED3" and try and race me, in traffic, while I have a baby in the backseat and he has a car of 5 people. Revved at me and sat at my door for 4 miles and I really wanted to get out, punch him in the face, get back in the car and drive off.
[/rant] lol

[tiagotiago]

I don't think any of us can really claim to be error proof drivers, and the fact of the matter is no matter how careful you are there's always a chance that something can go very wrong; hell even in controled environments like racetracks you have freak incidents (a deer running across the track at just the wrong time, like the case of former Champ car/F1 hotshoe Christiano Da Matta). I'm not trying to preach here, since I enjoy driving fast and I'll keep doing it in the right places, but it's dangerous to be arrogant/overconfident, and although I'm a bit of a fatalist/determinist, I don't think it's smart to play too much with the odds.

[tiagotiago]

I don't think parents should just give cars to their kids, especially sports cars. Make kids earn money to pay for the car themselves, they will value it better.

It's up to the parents and the kid, but having the kid work for his car will be a sure fire way of making him appreciate it.

I do think, however, a parent should make sure he gets the best possible education, and that applies to the road too. I wouldn't hesitate to plop down some 3 grand in order to get my kid through a program like Bondurant's Advanced teen driving (http://www.bondurant.com/high_performance_driving_school/advanced_teenage_driving.php).

[Circle9]

mine was 25 questions, what's sad is I had never even picked up the book and passed with a 90%. With that being said, I'm lucky I never got into an accident when I first got my license. I never went extremely fast, I'm not going to lie 100+ on streets scares the poop outta me... I was a weaver though, until I got a ticket and that pretty much stopped. I'm a lot more cautious now, especially behind elderly/slow drivers because they bake too much and too hard. What really irritates me is the ricers in there POS civics and crap that are like "ZOMMMGGG ITS A SPEED3" and try and race me, in traffic, while I have a baby in the backseat and he has a car of 5 people. Revved at me and sat at my door for 4 miles and I really wanted to get out, punch him in the face, get back in the car and drive off.
[/rant] lol

Oh my, I used to have a Si....!

[speed3se-r]

no, speed doesnt kill...it's what stops you that does.

[dkswim]

i guess your technicly correct its not the speed its the masive deccelaration that exerts massive G's to the body that kills...

[Jon MS3]

good video

they should play that at high schools

[Invictus]

I'm a lot more cautious now, especially behind elderly/slow drivers because they bake too much and too hard.

(hahaspit) Yeah, they really gotta lay off the hash.

[bf360]

stupid drivers kill, not nowing the limits of your car kills, pushing it at the wrong time kills, not paying attention kills, anything can happen at anytime you just cant go around worrying about it, personally the guy is a dumass for swerving around a cat and risk his familys life, and the dumass walking and texting across a street? come on most of this vid is stupid people not racing or drivers

[FritzTCoyote]

/entering standard rant mode/

Driving in the US will continue to be very risky as long as the hardest part of the driving test remains 'Parallel Parking'.

And with a traffic code aimed a Revenue Enhancement and Political Showboating instead of getting the really dangerous drivers off the streets we get lots of easy to make and collect on 'speeding' tickets and very few 'inattentive driving' tickets.

The typical US Driver blunders along, blissfully unaware, until they find something to hit.

Which is why the bikers say "Loud Pipes Save Lives".

/end rant/


I highly recommend advanced driver training. At LEAST take the basic defensive driving course (Contact the National Safety Council or AAA for information). In many locations you can save a couple of bucks on your insurance in addition to your life.

Many Racing Schools also offer street survival training. Again, A Good Thing.

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Thank you for your attentions.

[tiagotiago]

And with a traffic code aimed a Revenue Enhancement and Political Showboating instead of getting the really dangerous drivers off the streets we get lots of easy to make and collect on 'speeding' tickets and very few 'inattentive driving' tickets.


I couldn't agree with you more!

A simple read through the newspapers over here gives you the same impression when you read the "statements" from "the transit officials"; most of the time the blame is on speeding, and ocassionaly drunk driving. They're completely ignore the fact that most streets/roads are poorly designed or maintained, that the speed limit is a joke, the concept of driver training is a laugh, etc. It's much more convenient to make "speed" the enemy, and serve their agenda(and budget) with speeding tickets.

[Sergius64]

I rear ended a Saturn in my Mazda 323 about 2 days after I got my license. Was going to get my insurance the next day, so didn't have it yet and forgot my license at home. I was lucky the damage to the Saturn was almost non-existant and the woman ended up not making an issue out of it. The scare taught me to be a LOT more careful when driving, and playing by the rules. Man... every time I think how much that could have cost me I shudder...

[mspeed3420]

/ Driving in the US will continue to be very risky as long as the hardest part of the driving test remains 'Parallel Parking'.

btw, I got my licence 2 years ago and unless something changed since then, there is no parallel parking in the test lol. not in california atleast.... just driving the speed limit, one lane change each way, a right turn, a left turn, backing up 10 feet next to a curb, and pulling back into the dmv... I agree, retarted