Was watching this programme on channel U, about hit and run drivers. This family's daughter was the victim of a hit and run, and now half of her body is effectively paralysed. I believe its a moral obligation stop and help the person you ran over, this is because you were the one who caused it in the first place, be it your or the victim's fault. If only we could know how many lives could have been saved if the vehicles have been travelling 10km/h slower. When you speed, you put other people's lives in danger, you put yourself in danger, you put yourself at risk. People who drive over the speed limit know(to some extent) the risks involved, and in some respects the respect for their own and other's lives is lessened, how then can we give "some respect" to people who choose to speed unnecessarily? Its true that driving within the speed limit can be "less exciting" and boring, but these precautions are there for a reason. Road girders and dividers and made to cushion impacts from vehicles, lamp posts are made to break off at certain speeds. This measures are there for a reason: to save lives. Its better to protect lives on the road then to provide temporary excitement to drivers.. Savant at 10/11/2003 09:12:00 pm ;
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