Speeding may be Thrilling, but It is also Nothing More Than a Grave Act of Irresponsibility and an Act of Disregarding Your Safety and the Safety of Everyone Else

One sad thing about driving is once an individual (most especially someone between the age of 16 and 24) earns his/her driver’s license, he/she easily forgets how to be responsible on the road, more so when driving with friends. Once behind the wheel, so many drivers easily forget all the education, training, advertisements and reminders that tell them about safe driving and road safety rules which will help keep them away from an accident – from getting injured or killed, or from injuring or killing someone else. Due to this, more than five million vehicular crashes still occur every year, with at least 30,000 of these accidents resulting to death and more than two million leading to injuries.

The top four causes of car accidents, based on analysis of crash data by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), are drunk-driving or driving under the influence (DUI), reckless driving, distracted driving and overspeeding or driving above the set speed limit.

Driving above the set speed limit is the third major cause of fatal accidents among drivers, car passengers, pedestrians and other motorists. Every time a driver goes above the speed limit, he/she increases the risk of accident and compromises the safety of so many others. This is because speeding, as proven through studies and actual events, reduces a driver’s reaction time to danger, makes stopping or slowing down a vehicle much harder, and lessens a driver’s control over his/her vehicle.


According to a speeding accident lawyer from the law firm Schuler, Halvorson, Weisser, Zoeller & Overbeck, P.A., when an accident occurs at high speeds, the amount of energy released during collision increases exponentially. The force of collision can cause life-altering injuries such as spinal and neck trauma (sometimes resulting in paralysis), head injuries, broken limbs, damage to internal organs, or severe lacerations and bruising; these are kinds of injuries that can rack up steep medical costs, and may prevent the victim’s ability to lead a normal life.

Speeding is something that a person willingly chooses to do. It can cause severe harm on anyone which, otherwise, may not even happen if traffic rules would properly be observed. This is why it is legally advisable for a victim to file a lawsuit against the driver at fault, first, to bring the liable driver to justice which, hopefully will make him/her have second thoughts about speeding again and, second, to seek compensation for the damages that his/her injury has caused, and will still cause. To make this legal move more beneficial to the victim, a seasoned personal injury lawyer or speeding accident lawyer may be able to provide the necessary legal assistance.