I\'ll try to keep this point as simple as possible.
Just because you exceed the speed limit and break the law, does not necessarily mean that you are endangering yourself or others. Once you acknowledge that, the next question is: What speed or driving behavior DOES constitute endangering yourself or others?
I think that\'s the question where you\'re coming up short in your replies, LIC. By dogmatically repeating the idea that any violation of the speed limit is "childish," you\'re avoiding the more important issue of what defines safe driving.
There are many situations where driving the speed limit is very unsafe for the driving conditions. For example, during fog or icy conditions, I\'ve often seen people maintaining the speed limit, when the safe speed is obviously 10-15 mph slower. This is the kind of behavior that leads to multicar collisions.
The speed limit is not the gospel of safety. We are all intelligent beings and we need to learn what speed and driving behavior is necessary to operate a vehicle safely. I honestly wish more american drivers would be required to study advanced driving techniques. It\'s not enough to simply believe that you "push your foot down to go forward, turn steering wheel to change direction, and keep the speed under the posted limit to drive safely."
