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Old 06-22-2010, 01:38 PM   #63 (permalink)
comptiger5000
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Jacob - The pedestrian example is a perfect one of driving too fast for conditions. If you're approaching a crosswalk, you should be driving slower to give yourself more time to see a person enter it and react. However, driving down a long, straight, nearly empty stretch of road in the middle of nowhere, you can see much farther ahead, and there are far fewer things that can happen directly in front of you, increasing the speed at which you can drive safely.
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