Is it unethical to knowingly exceed the posted speed limit?
First off I would like to point out that the ONLY thing that should determine how ethical it is to travel at a given speed is how traveling at that speed affects the SAFETY everyone on the road. I believe that traveling at a safe speed is far more important than traveling at the legal speed. Now I would like you to read an excerpt from a source I found: -Quote- The most widely accepted method by state and local agencies is to set the limit at or below the speed at which 85 percent of the traffic is moving. The 85th percentile speed is how drivers “vote with their feet.” Studies have shown crash rates are lowest at around the 85th percentiles peed. Drivers traveling significantly faster OR slower than this speed are at a greater risk for being in a crash. It is not high speeds alone that relate to crash risk; it is the variation of speed within the traffic stream. -End Quote- To Summarize: • Safety, rather than legality, should determine how ethical a speed is. • Studies have shown that
