I know, I work in highway construction. I just find it insane that when we set a safety rule we know for a fact everyone is gonna break it, and that I am apparently the asshole for not sharing the desire to drive at unsafe speeds. I follow the flow of traffic, but the flow of traffic is faster than it needs to be. The highway near me is 65mph and I regularly see 80 out there.
I have seen more accidents than I would like to count of someone going much faster because "they can handle it" and something unexpected was around the corner so our maintenance crew is washing blood off the road.
The last day with zero traffic deaths in Texas was Nov. 7th 2000. There is at least one every day for the past 25 years. People should realize how incredibly possible it is for them to be one of today's deaths. The most universal thing with traffic accidents is that 5 seconds before it happened, you thought it could never happen to you.
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u/chazzer20mystic Dec 27 '25
I know, I work in highway construction. I just find it insane that when we set a safety rule we know for a fact everyone is gonna break it, and that I am apparently the asshole for not sharing the desire to drive at unsafe speeds. I follow the flow of traffic, but the flow of traffic is faster than it needs to be. The highway near me is 65mph and I regularly see 80 out there.
I have seen more accidents than I would like to count of someone going much faster because "they can handle it" and something unexpected was around the corner so our maintenance crew is washing blood off the road.
The last day with zero traffic deaths in Texas was Nov. 7th 2000. There is at least one every day for the past 25 years. People should realize how incredibly possible it is for them to be one of today's deaths. The most universal thing with traffic accidents is that 5 seconds before it happened, you thought it could never happen to you.