People speed dozens of times a day and live to tell the tale, if they even noticed at all. Slow drivers kill more people than speeding drivers, too.

Lack of speed kills? No. Accidents happen, and it sucks. I hate when I see it happen. But Okies need to get over the "speed kills" thing because actually it's slow, confused, dumb Okie driving that kills.

Spartan, I'm not going to argue about the cause of accidents, but I don't think there is any way anyone can say someone is more likely to be killed when they're in an accident while traveling 40 MPH as opposed to 90 MPH. Causing an accident by slow driving, maybe, more likely to die, not. Unfortunately many posters here seem to equate people who drive the speed limit instead of 20 mile over as slow drivers.

People are forgetting the minimum speed on the highway is typically 40mph. I would not call them slow drivers. They are more along the line of careful drivers and conserving fuel. The faster you drive, the more fuel is used. It is not them that is actually heightening the risk of an accident. It is actually the drivers going faster and/or drivers going over the limit when they do not pay attention.

People are forgetting the minimum speed on the highway is typically 40mph. I would not call them slow drivers. They are more along the line of careful drivers and conserving fuel. The faster you drive, the more fuel is used. It is not them that is actually heightening the risk of an accident. It is actually the drivers going faster and/or drivers going over the limit when they do not pay attention.

Thunder, 40 MPH is indeed a minimum speed, but can be dangerous for those who drive that slow and others sharing the road who come upon someone going that slow. That kind of speed on a freeway, while legal, should only be in case of some kind of emergency and you don't have to drive that slow to conserve fuel.

Thunder, 40 MPH is indeed a minimum speed, but can be dangerous for those who drive that slow and others sharing the road who come upon someone going that slow. That kind of speed on a freeway, while legal, should only be in case of some kind of emergency and you don't have to drive that slow to conserve fuel.

Damn, I agree with you. :-) Just read one article that said if you're going slow, stay far right, if you're blazing fast and passing, stay far left, everybody else stay in between (assuming more than 2 lanes). Not that hard, but millions can't figure that out, sadly. My opinion is that if you get on a highway and can only do the minimum speed limit, you're a complete f-ing idiot and should've taken surface streets (unless there is absolutely no other alternative than to use the highway) because you could be causing all kinds of mayhem.

Damn, I agree with you. :-) Just read one article that said if you're going slow, stay far right, if you're blazing fast and passing, stay far left, everybody else stay in between (assuming more than 2 lanes). Not that hard, but millions can't figure that out, sadly. My opinion is that if you get on a highway and can only do the minimum speed limit, you're a complete f-ing idiot and should've taken surface streets (unless there is absolutely no other alternative than to use the highway) because you could be causing all kinds of mayhem.

I know you're shocked that you agree with me but we normally only disagree about those who go over the speed limit not those who drive below the speed limit.