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I don't think I've ever heard anyone say they like conservative driving. "I would have risked that left turn, so you should have too. The person with the green light would have slowed down to avoid an accident, probably, and I would have gotten to the next red light 10 seconds sooner!"

You will also hear this when talking about less-capable drivers ("get off the road, grandma!") or less-capable vehicles ("I hate having to slow down for bikes and drive carefully around them.").

And of course, nobody ever says "you're going 80, the speed limit is 55! slow down!"

As a result, traffic accidents are the leading cause of death for people from 8-24.

parent jrockway 8 years ago

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