Questions about downshifting

[stuffy]

i agree with you to a point chinocharles, the people who aren't paying attention to the road are probably the most dangerous,
but the fact is, faster you are going, the less reaction time you have and when there is an accident, it is usually more severe at higher speeds.

i dont' deny that there are good drivers out there, but i really don't like the idea that we should be treating public roads like a racetrack.

[Pars]

Originally Posted by stuffy

i agree with you to a point chinocharles, the people who aren't paying attention to the road are probably the most dangerous,
but the fact is, faster you are going, the less reaction time you have and when there is an accident, it is usually more severe at higher speeds.

i dont' deny that there are good drivers out there, but i really don't like the idea that we should be treating public roads like a racetrack.

I disagree, my reaction times usually improves the faster I go since I'm paying more attention to road (and police). If I'm distracted, which in my case is a host of causes... cell phone, company blackberry, Nav system, eating lunch/breakfast, etc.. I'll just pull over to the slow lane and find a safe hole in traffic and do my thing. Even then, with all my distractions, I've noticed that the other drivers on the roads are a bunch of retards when it comes to reaction time...they're taking way too long to get on the brakes..tsk tsk.. and it's usually not the fast drivers that are the retards (dangerous driving is another story).