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Originally Posted by dem00n
I've seen cars end up in the woods for driving the speed limit in the highway and just simply slipping off gravel that wasn't post to be on the road.
There so many things that could go wrong at any given moment, the fact that it doesn't by it self is a miracle.
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Many things can go wrong, which is why you can take many steps to mitigate those risks.
Safe speed =/= speed limit in a lot of cases. It's whatever's safe for the driving conditions. I see people barreling 65mph down the freeway in the fog with 10-feet of visibility--that's suicide, speed limit or not. If there's enough gravel to send off into a tree and you don't see it in time to react, chances are you're going to fast irrespective of the posted limit.
A dip in the road upsetting the chassis, or a crest that unloads the rear tires--those are things that can countered--namely, by slowing down. Not trying to be critical, just that most accidents--even if caused by inclement circumstance--can be avoided.