Namaste and welcome. Today I wanted to talk about speeding in our automobiles. When did everyone get in such a hurry to go to the job, to go to the store, or to go to our own grave?!?
To the best of my knowledge there is nowhere in the continental United States that allows, legally, a driver to go over 85 miles per hour (MPH). Why then do they make vehicles in this nation that are allowed to go 120 miles per hour or even faster? What's sad is that the majority of my readers could understand when I say that I don't even need to cite a single statistic in this blog to get my point across. You can turn on the news ANY night of the week and hear about auto related fatalities that have to do with speeding and/or alcohol... a deadly combination. I don't really have to talk about the overbearing police presence that should deter speeders, because we can see them every time we hit the roads in mass force.
So why then are people allowed to speed so much? Is it the endless stream of cash revenue for the local and state police? Is it the fatalities to cull the ever-growing population? Or is it some other selfish reason?
As a concerned citizen I don't believe that the speed of the car should be legally allowed to be greater than that of the speed limit allowed legally by law. To me this is not too much to ask for. I know for a fact that the car manufacturers could put a grandfather meter on the speedometer that would stop the vehicle from accelerating past say 85 mph. Why would anyone need to go faster than that? Honestly, I would really like to know?!? We can leave the Nascar professionals to do the speeding in a constant loop... some things just aren't meant to be for the general populace. I think some people have gotten so caught up with the movie sensationalism of speeding like with the Fast and Furious movies, Drive, Gone in 60 Seconds, and Need for Speed. Lovable Paul Walker himself died from the deadly speed. So the ONLY thing I can think of that keeps this madness going is that it is like a drug. People get off on the adrenaline of going fast, just like those who go skydiving or bungee jumping, for example.
I do not seek out to be the morality police on this issue, but we as a culture, have to set limits and maintain our own levels of responsibility to one another, lest we keep down the slippery slope of government control. Cause if we don't self-regulate and chill out, guess what? Uncle Sam steps in and forces us to do by their will, not ours. In conclusion, there really is NO NEED for excessive speeding. Plan your time accordingly and there will be no reason to be late, caught speeding and endangering the lives of your self and others unnecessarily. This is a plea not only to the auto manufacturers, but to my fellow men and women. This is a plea to slow down and take life just a little slower, lest we are speeding forward to our own demise and death. This has been the one and only Quiet Mouse 420.
To the best of my knowledge there is nowhere in the continental United States that allows, legally, a driver to go over 85 miles per hour (MPH). Why then do they make vehicles in this nation that are allowed to go 120 miles per hour or even faster? What's sad is that the majority of my readers could understand when I say that I don't even need to cite a single statistic in this blog to get my point across. You can turn on the news ANY night of the week and hear about auto related fatalities that have to do with speeding and/or alcohol... a deadly combination. I don't really have to talk about the overbearing police presence that should deter speeders, because we can see them every time we hit the roads in mass force.
So why then are people allowed to speed so much? Is it the endless stream of cash revenue for the local and state police? Is it the fatalities to cull the ever-growing population? Or is it some other selfish reason?
As a concerned citizen I don't believe that the speed of the car should be legally allowed to be greater than that of the speed limit allowed legally by law. To me this is not too much to ask for. I know for a fact that the car manufacturers could put a grandfather meter on the speedometer that would stop the vehicle from accelerating past say 85 mph. Why would anyone need to go faster than that? Honestly, I would really like to know?!? We can leave the Nascar professionals to do the speeding in a constant loop... some things just aren't meant to be for the general populace. I think some people have gotten so caught up with the movie sensationalism of speeding like with the Fast and Furious movies, Drive, Gone in 60 Seconds, and Need for Speed. Lovable Paul Walker himself died from the deadly speed. So the ONLY thing I can think of that keeps this madness going is that it is like a drug. People get off on the adrenaline of going fast, just like those who go skydiving or bungee jumping, for example.
I do not seek out to be the morality police on this issue, but we as a culture, have to set limits and maintain our own levels of responsibility to one another, lest we keep down the slippery slope of government control. Cause if we don't self-regulate and chill out, guess what? Uncle Sam steps in and forces us to do by their will, not ours. In conclusion, there really is NO NEED for excessive speeding. Plan your time accordingly and there will be no reason to be late, caught speeding and endangering the lives of your self and others unnecessarily. This is a plea not only to the auto manufacturers, but to my fellow men and women. This is a plea to slow down and take life just a little slower, lest we are speeding forward to our own demise and death. This has been the one and only Quiet Mouse 420.
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