Speeding Quotes

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	"Going fast is quite good but sometimes it's quite dangerous."

	"You do get a bit of a thrill, feeling that you're in the driving seat and you can make the car do that. It's just something that you can do - it's like, you have the power to do that."

	"Most of my friends do drink but they would never drink and drive because I think my friends are quite sensible about stuff like that."

	"People just kind of muck about a bit, maybe speed a little, not speed too much but just drive a bit over the limit, because, I don't know, they think it's cool."

	"And if your listening to music, I don't know, it's just excitement basically."

	"Speed is great in its rightful place really. I don't have a problem with speed in the right area. If there's long straights or motor ways there's no problem, I mean, I wouldn't speed in town there is no point in it really. It's just dangerous."

	"I love going fast in the car. My boyfriend has his own car. He goes fast and I trust him, but if it was someone I didn't know I'd be a bit wary. I'd probably ask them to slow down."

	"It's fun and it's thrilling but obviously you are risking your own life if you are going to speed up and down a road at 50-60 miles an hour. It's a danger to other lives as well as your own."

	"I do tell him to slow down a bit - he does now and again but sometimes he likes to show off"

	"I have never been in a crash but I've been in a car when someone is driving really fast and it has been quite scary, but, you don't want to say 'Look slow down' because you feel quite intimidated by the other people in the car because they might think that you are stupid or something."

	"Say you're in a car ,OK, and you are driving with your boyfriend or whatever and you know he's racing about 60 or 70 miles an hour in a 40 mile an hour road. You just tell him to slow down just to make sure that everything is basically OK."

How do you stay safe if the driver is speeding?

What kind of music encourages drivers to speed?

Why does speed feel different when you're a passenger compared with being the driver?

Some people don't feel stupid about asking the driver to slow down, why is that?

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