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 Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law   Topic: Speeding over 100mph - Perceptions

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 11:42 

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Because whether travelling at that speed is safe of not (and I happen to think it is when the conditions are suitable, i.e low traffic, good visibilty, well maintatined car), the law says that if one is driving above 70mph then you are speeding. Therefore I will be looking at how the offence of spee...

 Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law   Topic: Speeding over 100mph - Perceptions

Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 22:50 

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Thanks, pity its superseded now though my point still stands, 100mph is always seen as more dangerous than 99mph (if the driving conditions are good). I'm a Human Geography student I'm afraid, doing a module on The Social Construction of Environmental Risk. Having trouble at the moment balancing my ...

 Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law   Topic: Speeding over 100mph - Perceptions

Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 22:20 

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Hi, Im currently writing an essay on The Social Construction of Speeding. Namely I will be writing about how speed has been socially constructed to be inherently dangerous. One such example I will use is the perceived threshold of 100mph, i.e. as I have read here, if a person is caught travelling mo...
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