[citation][nom]mman_mman_mman[/nom]@mman74So if someone was traveling at 10 mph on a 55 mph road and killed a pedestrian because he was texting rather than paying attention to the road, you'll accept if he said it was a genuine accident (not seeing the pedestrian) since it was speed that killed him and not his stupidity? K thought so.[/citation]
No I won't. Now you are being pedantic again.
Just like if he hit him at 10mph and got off his car and finished him off with a gun, I wouldn't hold the person blameless either. Just as if he hit him with 10mph whilst he was having sex behind the wheel, again I wouldn't hold him blameless.
My point is, if you are a greiving relative and a speed limit was in place but a person knowingly and deliberately ignored it for their own benefit (and if you are going to deliberately ignore the law - why not go whatever speed YOU feel YOU like), and possibly as a result whether rightly or wrongly your speed was a contributing factor - ceteris parabis - all things remaining equal (no texting, no guys with shotguns, no wheel sex), you are going to have a much harder time coming to terms with their death than if you knew the driver was going at what they genuinely felt was a safe and legal speed. We are not experts, we expect that the speed limits in place are their for a reason and they are there by law. If you think they are too low go and petition for them to be raised, but you stick to them or do you choose only to follow the laws you want, because if you choose not to follow speed limits then you are basically saying you will go at whatever speed YOU want.
Now if you are indeed a greiving relative, I welcome hearing your feedback. However, if you only want to go fast because you then spend less time driving to work, I will take your comments with a pinch of salt.