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The entitlement of some Ontario drivers is absolutely astonishing. They are fully aware that you are breaking the law by going 15% over the speed limit. And yet they victimize themselves? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/ontario@lemmy.ca

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"I hate these damn bike lanes. Screw your studies. I'm not reading that"

"Cut gas taxes. I see no reason why I should pay to support public transit"

"Fuck speed limits. I'm proud to break the law"

This sense of entitlement is insane.

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[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

50 vs 49 or 51 may be arbitrary, but overall there's a relationship between speed and car accidents which makes setting speed limits a real judgement call.

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

And remember that kinetic energy goes up with the square of the velocity, so a crash at double the speed is theoretically four times as deadly. Even modest reductions in speed greatly increase survivability of an accident.