Horse wrote:By driving faster, what does that do to our safety? If it means we travel faster while overtaking, or passing other hazards, then we - even if for a short duration - may well increase other risks to offset another.
we can't tell - in some cases increase safety, in others decrease it... yes, it could increase some risks to offset others - this is the point I am making - it is a phenomenally complex set of factors in any equation you could draw up... which is why we can't state slower = safety as an absolute
Horse wrote:akirk wrote:And as advanced drivers we should be driving our car for the whole scenario - ie we should be conscious of and take into account not just ourselves and the road, but other road users and those around...
But that's not the thread. This is simply 'Relationship between speed and safety'.
Exactly...
and the assumptions being made are taking the speed = safety concept out of context - assuming that it is all about one car out of the context of reality and real life scenarios...
but it is not - therefore as advanced drivers we should be driving in the context of others, and therefore adjusting our speed as appropriate to the safest option, whether remaining the same / slowing down, or speeding up
Alasdair