Essay On The Causes Of Speeding

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Speeding is the third leading cause of all traffic accidents and 39% of all men who are involved in a fatal car accident were speeding at the time of the accident. 27% of all construction zone fatalities are caused from speeding. Sadly, roughly 13,000 people die each year because of speeding. . People speed because they are in a rush, they aren’t paying attention, they are careless, they don’t think it’s dangerous and/or they don’ t think they will get caught by law enforcement. Speeding is very dangerous and affects your reaction time, causes your vehicle to take longer to stop and the faster you are going when you hit something, the more damage there will be. Most people think speeding is only done on freeways or highways
If you receive a traffic ticket you can do one of three things, you can pay the ticket, this means you are admitting guilt and you will receive points on driving record. You can plead guilty and request to go to traffic school so the points will not go on your record, but you will still have to the pay the fine or you can plead not guilty and request to have a t...

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