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Old 02-04-08, 04:54 PM   #1
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Default What worse??

A rider/car driver doing 60-70mph on a motorway/National Speed limit road and not paying that much attention, talking, looking around, away with the fairys...

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A rider/car driver doing 90-100+mph that is paying 100% attention to the road, the car/bike, whats ahead, whats behined...

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Old 02-04-08, 04:58 PM   #2
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Default Re: What worse??

First one.
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Old 02-04-08, 05:00 PM   #3
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yep first one me thinks.
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Old 02-04-08, 05:04 PM   #4
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Personally, I'd say that the person paying 100% attention to the road is safer. I'm not condoning it but if you can see something and react to it you're going to be safer than someone who's not going to see it and not react to it.
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Old 02-04-08, 07:06 PM   #5
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Depends

I mean, obviously as it stands we're pretty much all going to say the first is worse.

But, if in the second example the speeds are completely in excess of what is safe for road conditions then you could argue the second is more likely to end in tears. And you don't specify the road type in the second example. Pootling along at 70 on a motorway but not paying much attention is probably much safer than paying 100% attention whilst doing 90-100 through a village at school kicking out time
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Old 02-04-08, 07:18 PM   #6
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That's a very laced question, a bit like "what's worse, sticking to the speed limit or killing children?" lol...did you get caught or something?

p.s. I would say the first is worse, yes.
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Old 02-04-08, 07:50 PM   #7
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That's a very laced question, a bit like "what's worse, sticking to the speed limit or killing children?" lol...did you get caught or something?
Hmm.... you don't specify the kids involved, is it the kind who throw tantrums in supermarkets or cry incessantly in the seat behind you all throughout an eight hour flight?
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Old 02-04-08, 07:51 PM   #8
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Hmm.... you don't specify the kids involved, is it the kind who throw tantrums in supermarkets or cry incessantly in the seat behind you all throughout an eight hour flight?
Haha, touche!
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Old 02-04-08, 07:52 PM   #9
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Or chavs, you should be able to run as many of those down as you want
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Old 02-04-08, 08:05 PM   #10
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My sodding bike mates trundling along in front of me on their bikes whilst I'm in my car, holding me up as I rush home from work to change into leathers and get the bike out to meet them in time for the meet point. Still beat them by two minutes
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