Hot Dog only in Texas

Originally Posted by gurneyeagle

Hi Ms. Pint!

In spite what has been stated in other threads, there has never been any correlation between speed and traffic fatalities, unless it's a study funded by an insurance company. As speeds have increased over the last 20 years with the repeal of the dreaded "double nickel", fatalities have continued to go down.

Chalk a lot of that up to much safer cars and highways, but speed as the actual cause of an accident is not that common.

P.S. - liked the old avatar!